CVE-2006-5467

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The cgi.rb CGI library for Ruby 1.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumpt

The cgi.rb CGI library for Ruby 1.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via an HTTP request with a multipart MIME body that contains an invalid boundary specifier, as demonstrated using a specifier that begins with a "-" instead of "--" and contains an inconsistent ID.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 0.13647

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EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
EPSS percentile: top 6% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood

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yukihiro matsumoto rubyall versions

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productmediumRuby on Rails Framework Exceptions

productmediumPotential Ruby Reverse Shell

productmediumRuby Inline Command Execution

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MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com

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v2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Published to NVD27 Oct 2006 · 06:07 PM

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Vendor Advisories

rhsaRHSA-2008:0562Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2007:0961Moderate
usnUSN-371-1
rhsaRHSA-2006:0729Moderate

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-PPatchVendor Advisory

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html

http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/mongrel-users/2006-October/001946.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/22615PatchVendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/22624PatchVendor Advisory

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http://secunia.com/advisories/22761PatchVendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/22929PatchVendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/22932Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/23040PatchVendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/23344PatchVendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/25402Vendor Advisory

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-12.xmlPatchVendor Advisory

http://securitytracker.com/id?1017194Patch

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1234

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1235

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:192

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_26_sr.htmlPatchVendor Advisory

http://www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.030-ruby.htmlPatchVendor Advisory

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0729.htmlPatchVendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20777Patch

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-371-1Patch

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4244Vendor Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4245Vendor Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939Vendor Advisory

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10185

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