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mapserver — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2007-4542

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in MapServer before 4.10.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors involving the (1) processLine function in maptemplate.c and the (2) writeError function in mapserv.c in the mapserv CGI program.

Products
mapserver
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
4.10.3-1
CVEs
CVE-2007-4542
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 15:47 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2007-4542

core-osv · Original source

Published 27 Aug 2007, 21:17 UTC

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in MapServer before 4.10.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors involving the (1) processLine function in maptemplate.c and the (2) writeError function in mapserv.c in the mapserv CGI program.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2007-4542

mapserver

Fixed versions: 4.10.3-1

mapserver

Fixed versions: 4.10.3-1

mapserver

Fixed versions: 4.10.3-1

Complete source record
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