fkie_cve-2006-6303
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2006-12-06 19:28
Modified
2025-04-09 00:30
Severity ?
Summary
The read_multipart function in cgi.rb in Ruby before 1.8.5-p2 does not properly detect boundaries in MIME multipart content, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via crafted HTTP requests, a different issue than CVE-2006-5467.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=157048Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=218287Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530
cve@mitre.orghttp://jvn.jp/jp/JVN%2384798830/index.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/23165
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/23268
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/23454
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/25402
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/27576
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/31090
cve@mitre.orghttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-21.xml
cve@mitre.orghttp://securitytracker.com/id?1017363
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:225
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_4_sr.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0961.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/ruby/lib/cgi.rb.diff?f=h&only_with_tag=MAIN&r1=text&tr1=1.92&r2=text&tr2=1.91Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2006/12/04/another-dos-vulnerability-in-cgi-library/Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21441
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-394-1
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4855
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30734
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10529
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=157048Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=218287Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://jvn.jp/jp/JVN%2384798830/index.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/23165
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/23268
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/23454
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/25402
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/27576
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/31090
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-21.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1017363
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:225
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_4_sr.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0961.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/ruby/lib/cgi.rb.diff?f=h&only_with_tag=MAIN&r1=text&tr1=1.92&r2=text&tr2=1.91Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2006/12/04/another-dos-vulnerability-in-cgi-library/Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21441
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-394-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4855
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30734
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10529
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
yukihiro_matsumoto ruby 1.8
yukihiro_matsumoto ruby 1.8.1
yukihiro_matsumoto ruby 1.8.2
yukihiro_matsumoto ruby 1.8.2_pre1
yukihiro_matsumoto ruby 1.8.2_pre2
yukihiro_matsumoto ruby 1.8.3
yukihiro_matsumoto ruby 1.8.4
yukihiro_matsumoto ruby 1.8.5


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