CVE-2006-6303
N/A
Published: December 6, 2006 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:32 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorRuby
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
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
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (24)
x_refsource_MISCPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=218287Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_JVN
Source: [email protected]
http://jvn.jp/jp/JVN%2384798830/index.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-399
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