CVE-2006-6303 (GCVE-0-2006-6303)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-12-06 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 20:19
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21441 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2006-12-04 00:00
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