CVEvulnerability
CVE-2006-5467
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2006-10-27
- 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
- Weaknesses
- CWE-399
Description
The cgi.rb CGI library for Ruby 1.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via an HTTP request with a multipart MIME body that contains an invalid boundary specifier, as demonstrated using a specifier that begins with a "-" instead of "--" and contains an inconsistent ID.
Affected configurations
• yukihiro matsumoto ruby 1.8
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-P Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530 docs.info.apple.com
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html lists.apple.com
- http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/mongrel-users/2006-October/001946.html rubyforge.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22615 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22624 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22761 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22929 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22932 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23040 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23344 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25402 Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-12.xml Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017194 Patch
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1234 www.debian.org
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1235 www.debian.org
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:192 www.mandriva.com
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_26_sr.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.030-ruby.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0729.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20777 Patch
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-371-1 Patch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4244 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4245 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939 Vendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10185 oval.cisecurity.org
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-P Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530 docs.info.apple.com
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html lists.apple.com
- http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/mongrel-users/2006-October/001946.html rubyforge.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22615 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22624 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22761 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22929 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22932 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23040 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23344 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25402 Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-12.xml Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017194 Patch
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1234 www.debian.org
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1235 www.debian.org
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:192 www.mandriva.com
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_26_sr.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.030-ruby.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0729.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20777 Patch
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-371-1 Patch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4244 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4245 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939 Vendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10185 oval.cisecurity.org