CVEvulnerability

CVE-2004-0983

5.0 MEDIUM Published 2005-03-01 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2005-03-01
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Description

The CGI module in Ruby 1.6 before 1.6.8, and 1.8 before 1.8.2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a certain HTTP request.

Affected configurations

• yukihiro matsumoto ruby 1.6 • yukihiro matsumoto ruby 1.6.7 • yukihiro matsumoto ruby 1.8 • yukihiro matsumoto ruby 1.8.1 • yukihiro matsumoto ruby 1.8.2 pre1 • yukihiro matsumoto ruby 1.8.2 pre2 • gentoo linux • mandrakesoft mandrake linux 9.2 • mandrakesoft mandrake linux 10.0 • mandrakesoft mandrake linux 10.1 • mandrakesoft mandrake linux corporate server 2.1 • ubuntu ubuntu linux 4.1

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