security flaw
Published Nov 19, 2004
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.90%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 1.6
- 1.6.7
- 1.8
- 1.8.1
- 1.8.2_pre1
- 1.8.2_pre2
Configuration 2
- n/a
- 9.2
- 9.2
- 10.0
- 10.0
- 10.1
- 10.1
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 4.1
- 4.1
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
ruby-0:1.6.8-9.EL3.3
Fixed · RHSA-2004:635
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | ruby-0:1.6.8-9.EL3.3 | Fixed | RHSA-2004:635 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.90% (0.01898) | 78.95th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.90% (0.01898) | 76.89th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.12% (0.01117) | 76.24th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.44% (0.02437) | 75.23th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.27% (0.01271) | 78.14th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.42% (0.02416) | 90.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 27, 2023 | 2.42% (0.02416) | 88.72th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 4.69% (0.04688) | 91.35th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (11)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-586 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:128 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-635.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11618 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-0983 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617342 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17985 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0983
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10268 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/20-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-0983
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-586 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:128 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE | |
| http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-635.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11618 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-0983 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617342 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17985 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0983 | ||
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10268 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL | |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/20-1/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-0983 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.