Buffer Flushing Issue in GeoServer Affects Service Exception Reporting
CVE-2008-7227

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor

Geoserver

Status
Geoserver
Vendor
CVE Published:
14 September 2009

What is CVE-2008-7227?

The vulnerability involves the PartialBufferOutputStream2 component in GeoServer prior to version 1.6.1 and 1.7.0-beta1. This issue prevents the proper reporting of service exceptions due to the incorrect flushing of buffer contents, even when managing an in-memory buffer. This flaw could potentially lead to unhandled exceptions, affecting the overall stability and reliability of applications reliant on GeoServer.

References

http://osvdb.org/43266
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http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/GEOS-1747
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Timeline

  • Vulnerability Reserved

  • Vulnerability published

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