cve-2006-5467
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2006-10-27 18:00
Modified
2024-08-07 19:48
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-PPatch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://rubyforge.org/pipermail/mongrel-users/2006-October/001946.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/22615Patch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/22624Patch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/22761Patch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/22929Patch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/22932Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/23040Patch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/23344Patch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/25402Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-12.xmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://securitytracker.com/id?1017194Patch
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1234
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1235
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:192
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_26_sr.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.030-ruby.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0729.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20777Patch
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-371-1Patch
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4244Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4245Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10185
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Tags
Taxonomy of the tags.




Sightings

Author Source Type Date

Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or seen somewhere by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability is confirmed from an analyst perspective.
  • Exploited: This vulnerability was exploited and seen by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.