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CVE-2004-0983 (GCVE-0-2004-0983)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2004-11-19 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 00:38

Summary

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.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre mitre root

References

7 references

URL	Tags
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-635.html	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11618	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
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https://usn.ubuntu.com/20-1/	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-586	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit…	vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Date Public

2004-11-08 00:00

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FKIE_CVE-2004-0983

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2005-03-01 05:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:06

Severity

Summary

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.

References

URL	Tags
cve@mitre.org	http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-586
cve@mitre.org	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:128
cve@mitre.org	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-635.html
cve@mitre.org	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11618	Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17985
cve@mitre.org	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10268
cve@mitre.org	https://usn.ubuntu.com/20-1/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-586
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:128
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-635.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11618	Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17985
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10268
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://usn.ubuntu.com/20-1/

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
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	9.2
mandrakesoft	mandrake_linux	10.0
mandrakesoft	mandrake_linux	10.0
mandrakesoft	mandrake_linux	10.1
mandrakesoft	mandrake_linux	10.1
mandrakesoft	mandrake_linux_corporate_server	2.1
mandrakesoft	mandrake_linux_corporate_server	2.1
ubuntu	ubuntu_linux	4.1
ubuntu	ubuntu_linux	4.1

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GHSA-F94P-WF3V-WP5P

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-04-29 02:58 – Updated: 2025-04-03 04:08

Details

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.

Show details on source website

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GSD-2004-0983

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:22

Details

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.

Aliases

CVE-2004-0983

Aliases

CVE-2004-0983

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JVNDB-2004-000473

Vulnerability from jvndb - Published: 2008-05-20 15:00 - Updated:2008-05-20 15:00

Severity

N/A (UNKNOWN) - -

Summary

Ruby cgi.rb Denial of Service Vulnerability

Details

Ruby cgi.rb enters an infinite loop which leads it into Ddenial of Service (DoS) due to improper input validation.

References

Type

URL

	CVE	http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0983
	NVD	http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2004-0983
	SECUNIA	http://secunia.com/advisories/13123/
	BID	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11618
	XF	http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/17985
	SECTRACK	http://securitytracker.com/id?1012120

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

	Ruby	Ruby
	Cybertrust Japan Co., Ltd.	Asianux Server
	Red Hat, Inc.	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
	Red Hat, Inc.	Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
	Turbolinux, Inc.	Turbolinux
	Turbolinux, Inc.	Turbolinux Desktop
	Turbolinux, Inc.	Turbolinux Home
	Turbolinux, Inc.	Turbolinux Server
	Turbolinux, Inc.	Turbolinux Workstation

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      "#text": "cpe:/o:turbolinux:turbolinux",
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RHSA-2004:635

Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2004-12-13 18:53 - Updated: 2026-06-25 10:32

Summary

Red Hat Security Advisory: ruby security update

Severity

Moderate

Scope

1 vulnerability in this advisory, including CVE-2004-0983.

CVE-2004-0983

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.

Fixed: 118 products

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004:635

Open the full advisory

RHSA-2004_635

Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2004-12-13 18:53 - Updated: 2024-11-21 23:17

Summary

Red Hat Security Advisory: ruby security update

Severity

Moderate

Scope

1 vulnerability in this advisory, including CVE-2004-0983.

CVE-2004-0983

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.

Fixed: 204 products

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004:635

Open the full advisory

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