CVE-2006-5467

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.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10185

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4245

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4244

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-371-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20777

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0729.html

http://www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.030-ruby.html

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_26_sr.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:192

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1235

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1234

http://securitytracker.com/id?1017194

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-12.xml

http://secunia.com/advisories/25402

http://secunia.com/advisories/23344

http://secunia.com/advisories/23040

http://secunia.com/advisories/22932

http://secunia.com/advisories/22929

http://secunia.com/advisories/22761

http://secunia.com/advisories/22624

http://secunia.com/advisories/22615

http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/mongrel-users/2006-October/001946.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3