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CVE-2006-5467

N/A
Published: October 27, 2006 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:31 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorRuby

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

References (26)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SGIPatch
Source: [email protected]
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-P
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/mongrel-users/2006-October/001946.html
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/22615
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/22624
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/22761
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/22929

CVSS

5MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-399

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