mapserver - Debian Package Tracker

general

source: mapserver (main)
version: 8.6.1-1
maintainer: Debian GIS Project (archive) (DMD)
uploaders: Francesco Paolo Lovergine [DMD] – Alan Boudreault [DMD] – Bas Couwenberg [DMD]
arch: all any
std-ver: 4.7.3
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

versions [more versions can be listed by madison] [old versions available from snapshot.debian.org]

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 7.6.2-1
o-o-sec: 7.6.2-1+deb11u1
oldstable: 8.0.0-3
old-bpo: 8.4.0-1~bpo12+1
stable: 8.4.0-4+deb13u1
stable-bpo: 8.6.1-1~bpo13+1
testing: 8.6.1-1
unstable: 8.6.1-1

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7.6.2-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
7.6.2-1+deb11u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
8.0.0-3: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
8.4.0-1~bpo12+1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
8.4.0-4+deb13u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
8.6.0-1~bpo13+1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
8.6.1-1~bpo13+1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
8.6.1-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

cgi-mapserver
libmapscript-java
libmapscript-perl
libmapserver-dev
libmapserver2t64
mapserver-bin
mapserver-doc
php-mapscript-ng
python3-mapscript

action needed

1 security issue in trixie high

There is 1 open security issue in trixie.

1 important issue:

CVE-2026-33721: MapServer is a system for developing web-based GIS applications. Starting in version 4.2 and prior to version 8.6.1, a heap-buffer-overflow write in MapServer’s SLD (Styled Layer Descriptor) parser lets a remote, unauthenticated attacker crash the MapServer process by sending a crafted SLD with more than 100 Threshold elements inside a ColorMap/Categorize structure (commonly reachable via WMS GetMap with SLD_BODY). Version 8.6.1 patches the issue.

Created: 2026-03-28 Last update: 2026-03-28 14:46

1 security issue in bullseye high

There is 1 open security issue in bullseye.

1 important issue:

CVE-2026-33721: MapServer is a system for developing web-based GIS applications. Starting in version 4.2 and prior to version 8.6.1, a heap-buffer-overflow write in MapServer’s SLD (Styled Layer Descriptor) parser lets a remote, unauthenticated attacker crash the MapServer process by sending a crafted SLD with more than 100 Threshold elements inside a ColorMap/Categorize structure (commonly reachable via WMS GetMap with SLD_BODY). Version 8.6.1 patches the issue.

Created: 2026-03-28 Last update: 2026-03-28 14:46

1 security issue in bookworm high

There is 1 open security issue in bookworm.

1 important issue:

CVE-2026-33721: MapServer is a system for developing web-based GIS applications. Starting in version 4.2 and prior to version 8.6.1, a heap-buffer-overflow write in MapServer’s SLD (Styled Layer Descriptor) parser lets a remote, unauthenticated attacker crash the MapServer process by sending a crafted SLD with more than 100 Threshold elements inside a ColorMap/Categorize structure (commonly reachable via WMS GetMap with SLD_BODY). Version 8.6.1 patches the issue.

1 issue that should be fixed with the next stable update:

CVE-2025-59431: MapServer is a system for developing web-based GIS applications. Prior to 8.4.1, the XML Filter Query directive PropertyName is vulnerably to Boolean-based SQL injection. It seems like expression checking is bypassed by introducing double quote characters in the PropertyName. Allowing to manipulate backend database queries. This vulnerability is fixed in 8.4.1.

Created: 2026-03-28 Last update: 2026-03-28 14:46

Depends on packages which need a new maintainer normal

The packages that mapserver depends on which need a new maintainer are:

docbook-xml (#802368)
- Build-Depends: docbook-xml
docbook-xsl (#802370)
- Build-Depends: docbook-xsl

Created: 2023-09-01 Last update: 2026-04-06 11:32

version in VCS is newer than in repository, is it time to upload? normal

vcswatch reports that this package seems to have a new changelog entry (version 8.6.1-2, distribution UNRELEASED) and new commits in its VCS. You should consider whether it's time to make an upload.

Here are the relevant commit messages:

commit 1268363a3764c189325385846f846749abef2198
Author: Bas Couwenberg <sebastic@xs4all.nl>
Date:   Sat Apr 4 10:53:03 2026 +0200

    Fix changelog entry.

commit 38c4bdc14c624dd514f36362d020f1c448dc7a97
Author: Bas Couwenberg <sebastic@xs4all.nl>
Date:   Sat Apr 4 10:14:30 2026 +0200

    Bump Standards-Version to 4.7.4, changes: priority.

commit e17a408498d58da66927ba2bac71b93a7f49820f
Author: Bas Couwenberg <sebastic@xs4all.nl>
Date:   Sun Mar 29 14:34:39 2026 +0200

    Enable build profile CI job.

Created: 2026-03-29 Last update: 2026-04-04 11:31

Standards version of the package is outdated. wishlist

The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.7.4 instead of 4.7.3).

Created: 2026-03-31 Last update: 2026-03-31 15:01

testing migrations

This package will soon be part of the auto-perl transition. You might want to ensure that your package is ready for it. You can probably find supplementary information in the debian-release archives or in the corresponding release.debian.org bug.

news

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[2026-03-26] Accepted mapserver 8.6.1-1~bpo13+1 (source) into stable-backports (Bas Couwenberg) (signed by: Sebastiaan Couwenberg)
[2026-03-26] mapserver 8.6.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-03-23] Accepted mapserver 8.6.1-1 (source) into unstable (Bas Couwenberg) (signed by: Sebastiaan Couwenberg)
[2026-03-23] Accepted mapserver 7.6.2-1+deb11u1 (source) into oldoldstable-security (Guilhem Moulin)
[2025-12-09] Accepted mapserver 8.6.0-1~bpo13+1 (source) into stable-backports (Bas Couwenberg) (signed by: Sebastiaan Couwenberg)
[2025-12-09] mapserver 8.6.0-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-12-03] Accepted mapserver 8.6.0-1 (source) into unstable (Bas Couwenberg) (signed by: Sebastiaan Couwenberg)
[2025-11-27] Accepted mapserver 8.6.0~rc1-1~exp1 (source) into experimental (Bas Couwenberg) (signed by: Sebastiaan Couwenberg)
[2025-11-18] Accepted mapserver 8.6.0~beta2-1~exp1 (source) into experimental (Bas Couwenberg) (signed by: Sebastiaan Couwenberg)
[2025-11-13] Accepted mapserver 8.6.0~beta1-1~exp1 (source) into experimental (Bas Couwenberg) (signed by: Sebastiaan Couwenberg)
[2025-11-08] mapserver 8.4.1-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-11-03] Accepted mapserver 8.4.1-2 (source) into unstable (Bas Couwenberg) (signed by: Sebastiaan Couwenberg)
[2025-11-01] Accepted mapserver 8.4.0-4+deb13u1 (source) into proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Sebastiaan Couwenberg)
[2025-09-26] Accepted mapserver 8.4.1-1~bpo13+1 (source amd64 all) into stable-backports (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Sebastiaan Couwenberg)
[2025-09-25] mapserver 8.4.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-09-21] Accepted mapserver 8.4.1-1 (source) into unstable (Bas Couwenberg) (signed by: Sebastiaan Couwenberg)
[2025-04-08] mapserver 8.4.0-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-04-02] Accepted mapserver 8.4.0-4 (source) into unstable (Bas Couwenberg) (signed by: Sebastiaan Couwenberg)
[2025-04-01] Accepted mapserver 8.4.0-3 (source) into unstable (Bas Couwenberg) (signed by: Sebastiaan Couwenberg)
[2025-03-31] mapserver 8.4.0-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-03-26] Accepted mapserver 8.4.0-2 (source) into unstable (Bas Couwenberg) (signed by: Sebastiaan Couwenberg)
[2025-01-27] Accepted mapserver 8.4.0-1~bpo12+1 (source) into stable-backports (Bas Couwenberg) (signed by: Sebastiaan Couwenberg)
[2025-01-27] mapserver 8.4.0-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-01-15] Accepted mapserver 8.4.0-1 (source) into unstable (Bas Couwenberg) (signed by: Sebastiaan Couwenberg)
[2025-01-10] mapserver 8.2.2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-01-09] mapserver REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-01-08] Accepted mapserver 8.4.0~rc1-1~exp1 (source) into experimental (Bas Couwenberg) (signed by: Sebastiaan Couwenberg)
[2024-12-14] Accepted mapserver 8.4.0~beta2-1~exp1 (source) into experimental (Bas Couwenberg) (signed by: Sebastiaan Couwenberg)
[2024-12-13] Accepted mapserver 8.4.0~beta1-1~exp1 (source) into experimental (Bas Couwenberg) (signed by: Sebastiaan Couwenberg)
[2024-09-08] Accepted mapserver 8.2.2-1~bpo12+1 (source) into stable-backports (Bas Couwenberg) (signed by: Sebastiaan Couwenberg)

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