MapServer WFS Feature Requests Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Windows
🗓️ 06 Jun 2017 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mapserver Buffer Overflow Vulnerability | 20 Jan 201700:00 | – | cnvd | |
| CVE-2017-5522 | 15 Mar 201716:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2017-5522 | 15 Mar 201716:00 | – | cvelist | |
| [SECURITY] [DLA 790-1] mapserver security update | 19 Jan 201716:46 | – | debian | |
| [SECURITY] [DSA 3766-1] mapserver security update | 19 Jan 201708:49 | – | debian | |
| [SECURITY] [DSA 3766-1] mapserver security update | 19 Jan 201708:49 | – | debian | |
| CVE-2017-5522 | 15 Mar 201716:00 | – | debiancve | |
| Debian DLA-790-1 : mapserver security update | 20 Jan 201700:00 | – | nessus | |
| Debian DSA-3766-1 : mapserver - security update | 20 Jan 201700:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 25 : mapserver (2017-93ed1d1687) | 30 Jan 201700:00 | – | nessus |
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.810790");
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:"2017-06-06 11:47:44 +0530 (Tue, 06 Jun 2017)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2021-06-07 15:56:00 +0000 (Mon, 07 Jun 2021)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2017-5522");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("MapServer WFS Feature Requests Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Windows");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone AG");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family("Buffer overflow");
script_dependencies("gb_mapserver_http_detect.nasl", "os_detection.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("mapserver/detected", "Host/runs_windows");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"MapServer is prone to a buffer overflow 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 an error in 'WFS' get feature requests. Does
not handle with specific WFS get feature requests properly.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow remote attackers to crash the
service, or potentially execute arbitrary code.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"MapServer prior to version 6.0.6, version 6.2.x before 6.2.4,
6.4.x before 6.4.5, and 7.0.x before 7.0.4.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 6.0.6, 6.2.4, 6.4.5, 7.0.4 or later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/mapserver-dev/2017-January/015007.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.mapserver.org/development/changelog/changelog-6-4.html#changelog-6-4-5");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.mapserver.org/development/changelog/changelog-7-0.html#changelog-7-0-4");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://github.com/mapserver/mapserver/commit/e52a436c0e1c5e9f7ef13428dba83194a800f4df");
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: "6.0.6"))
fix = "6.0.6";
else if (version =~ "^6\.2\." && version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "6.2.4"))
fix = "6.2.4";
else if (version =~ "^6\.4\." && version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "6.4.5"))
fix = "6.4.5";
else if (version =~ "^7\.0\." && version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "7.0.4"))
fix = "7.0.4";
if (fix) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: fix);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
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