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CVE-2008-7227

Published: Sep 14, 2009Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-119
NVD MITRE
5.0CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.9%
Top 44.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

PartialBufferOutputStream2 in GeoServer before 1.6.1 and 1.7.0-beta1 attempts to flush buffer contents even when it is handling an "in memory buffer," which prevents the reporting of a service exception, with unknown impact and attack vectors.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:NI:NA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected Products

geoservergeoserver
On-prem
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core
org.geoserver:gs-mainMavenOSS Libraries
org.geoserver.web:gs-web-appMavenOSS Libraries
n/an/a
geoserveross-projectWeb & CMS Pluginsaka geoserver, geowebcache
mavenpackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/GEOS-1747
jira.codehaus.org
http://osvdb.org/43266
osvdb.org
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-7227
nvd.nist.gov
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Timeline

Published
Sep 14, 2009
Last Updated
Apr 23, 2026

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