MEDIUM
ruby's cgi.rb vulnerable infinite loop DoS
Published Dec 6, 2006
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.80%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 1.8
- 1.8.1
- 1.8.2
- 1.8.2_pre1
- 1.8.2_pre2
- 1.8.3
- 1.8.4
- 1.8.5
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1
ruby-0:1.6.4-6.el2
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0562
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
ruby-0:1.6.8-12.el3
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0562
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
ruby-0:1.8.1-7.EL4.8.1
Fixed · RHSA-2007:0961
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 | ruby-0:1.6.4-6.el2 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0562 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | ruby-0:1.6.8-12.el3 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0562 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | ruby-0:1.8.1-7.EL4.8.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0961 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.
References (29)
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=157048 x_refsource_MISCPatch
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=218287 x_refsource_MISCPatch
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://jvn.jp/jp/JVN%2384798830/index.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVN
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23165 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23268 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23454 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25402 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27576 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31090 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-21.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017363 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:225 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_4_sr.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0961.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://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=1.91 x_refsource_MISCPatch
- http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2006/12/04/another-dos-vulnerability-in-cgi-library/ x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21441 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-394-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4855 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-6303 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=218287 Issue Tracking
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2006-6286 Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30734 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-6303
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10529 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-6303
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Dec 6, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Dec 5, 2006
Link CVE-2006-6303
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a
ENISA EUVD
EUVD-2006-6286 Assigner mitre
Published Dec 6, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Exploited since n/a
Link EUVD-2006-6286