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FreeBSD : ruby -- cgi.rb library Denial of Service (a8674c14-83d7-11db-88d5-0012f06707f0)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 23771

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The official ruby site reports :

Another vulnerability has been discovered in the CGI library (cgi.rb) that ships with Ruby which could be used by a malicious user to create a denial of service attack (DoS).

A specific HTTP request for any web application using cgi.rb causes CPU consumption on the machine on which the web application is running. Many such requests result in a denial of service.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?732fe28f

http://www.nessus.org/u?538ea10a

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 23771

File Name: freebsd_pkg_a8674c1483d711db88d50012f06707f0.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 12/6/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ruby, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ruby%2boniguruma, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ruby%2bpthreads, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ruby%2bpthreads%2boniguruma, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ruby_static, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 12/4/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/4/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-6303

CWE: 399