CVE-2010-2540
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CVE-2010-2540 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. mapserv.c in mapserv in MapServer before 4.10.6 and 5.x before 5.6.4 does not properly restrict the use of CGI command-line arguments that were intended for debugging, which allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via crafted arguments.. EPSS estimates a 3.83% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
mapserv.c in mapserv in MapServer before 4.10.6 and 5.x before 5.6.4 does not properly restrict the use of CGI command-line arguments that were intended for debugging, which allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via crafted arguments.
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Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Update |
|---|---|---|---|
| Osgeo | Mapserver | <= 4.10.5 | — |
| Osgeo | Mapserver | 4.2.0 | Beta1 |
| Osgeo | Mapserver | 4.4.0 | — |
| Osgeo | Mapserver | 4.6.0 | — |
| Osgeo | Mapserver | 4.8.0 | Beta1 |
| Osgeo | Mapserver | 4.10.0 | — |
| Osgeo | Mapserver | 4.10.1 | — |
| Osgeo | Mapserver | 4.10.2 | — |
| Osgeo | Mapserver | 4.10.3 | — |
| Osgeo | Mapserver | 4.10.4 | — |
| Umn | Mapserver | 4.0 | — |
| Osgeo | Mapserver | <= 5.6.3 | — |
| Osgeo | Mapserver | 5.0.0 | — |
| Osgeo | Mapserver | 5.2.0 | — |
| Osgeo | Mapserver | 5.2.1 | — |
| Osgeo | Mapserver | 5.4.0 | — |
| Osgeo | Mapserver | 5.4.1 | — |
| Osgeo | Mapserver | 5.4.2 | — |
| Osgeo | Mapserver | 5.6.0 | — |
| Osgeo | Mapserver | 5.6.1 | — |
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