CVE-2006-5467
Ruby CGI multipart parsing DoS
Severity Score
5.0
*CVSS v2
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
0
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
-
*KEV
Decision
-
*SSVC
Descriptions
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.
La libreria CGI cgi.rb para Ruby 1.8 permite a un atacante remoto provocar denegación de servicio (bucle infinito y consumo de CPU) a través de una respuesta HTTP con un cuerpo multiparte MIME que contiene un limite especifico no valido, como se demosotro usando una especificaión que comenzaba con un "-" en vez de "--" y contiene un ID inconsistente.
*Credits:
N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
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Confidentiality
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* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
- Decision:-
Exploitation
Automatable
Tech. Impact
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
- 2006-10-23 CVE Reserved
- 2006-10-27 CVE Published
- 2024-03-21 EPSS Updated
- 2024-08-07 CVE Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-399: Resource Management Errors
CAPEC
References (28)
| URL | Tag | Source |
|---|---|---|
| http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530 | X_refsource_confirm | |
| http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/mongrel-users/2006-October/001946.html | Mailing List | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10185 | Signature |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-P | 2017-10-11 | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/22615 | 2017-10-11 | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/22624 | 2017-10-11 | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/22761 | 2017-10-11 | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/22929 | 2017-10-11 | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/23040 | 2017-10-11 | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/23344 | 2017-10-11 | |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-12.xml | 2017-10-11 | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1017194 | 2017-10-11 | |
| http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_26_sr.html | 2017-10-11 | |
| http://www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.030-ruby.html | 2017-10-11 | |
| http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0729.html | 2017-10-11 | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20777 | 2017-10-11 | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-371-1 | 2017-10-11 |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html | 2017-10-11 | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/22932 | 2017-10-11 | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/25402 | 2017-10-11 | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1234 | 2017-10-11 | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1235 | 2017-10-11 | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:192 | 2017-10-11 | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4244 | 2017-10-11 | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4245 | 2017-10-11 | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939 | 2017-10-11 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-5467 | 2006-11-08 | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=212396 | 2006-11-08 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Yukihiro Matsumoto Search vendor "Yukihiro Matsumoto" | Ruby Search vendor "Yukihiro Matsumoto" for product "Ruby" | 1.8 Search vendor "Yukihiro Matsumoto" for product "Ruby" and version "1.8" | - |
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