MapServer < 7.0.3 Information Disclosure Vulnerability
🗓️ 21 Dec 2016 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 21 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MapServer Information Disclosure Vulnerability | 12 Dec 201600:00 | – | cnvd | |
| CVE-2016-9839 | 8 Dec 201608:08 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2016-9839 | 8 Dec 201608:08 | – | cvelist | |
| [SECURITY] [DLA 734-1] mapserver security update | 7 Dec 201610:12 | – | debian | |
| CVE-2016-9839 | 8 Dec 201608:08 | – | debiancve | |
| Debian DLA-734-1 : mapserver security update | 7 Dec 201600:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 25 : mapserver (2016-04c687d2aa) | 21 Dec 201600:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 24 : mapserver (2016-cb03b6b70f) | 21 Dec 201600:00 | – | nessus | |
| EUVD-2016-10639 | 7 Oct 202500:30 | – | euvd | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 25 Update: mapserver-7.0.3-1.git0f9ece8.fc25 | 20 Dec 201617:22 | – | fedora |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| github | www.github.com/mapserver/mapserver/pull/5356 |
| securityfocus | www.securityfocus.com/bid/94856 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:osgeo:mapserver";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.810316");
script_version("2026-05-21T06:54:30+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-05-21 06:54:30 +0000 (Thu, 21 May 2026)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-12-21 18:17:45 +0530 (Wed, 21 Dec 2016)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2023-01-31 19:58:00 +0000 (Tue, 31 Jan 2023)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2016-9839");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("MapServer < 7.0.3 Information Disclosure Vulnerability");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family("Web application abuses");
script_dependencies("gb_mapserver_http_detect.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("mapserver/detected");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"MapServer is prone to an information disclosure
vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to OGR driver does not handle data connection
properly.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow remote attackers to obtain
sensitive information via error messages.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"MapServer prior to version 7.0.3.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 7.0.3 or later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://github.com/mapserver/mapserver/pull/5356");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94856");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if (!port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE))
exit(0);
if (!version = get_app_version(cpe: CPE, port: port))
exit(0);
if (version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "7.0.3")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "7.0.3");
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
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21 May 2026 00:00Current
7.1High risk
Vulners AI Score7.1
CVSS 25
CVSS 3.17.5
EPSS0.01501