FKIE_CVE-2006-1931
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2006-04-20 21:02 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:23
Severity
Summary
The HTTP/XMLRPC server in Ruby before 1.8.2 uses blocking sockets, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (blocked connections) via a large amount of data.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| yukihiro_matsumoto | ruby | 1.6 | |
| yukihiro_matsumoto | ruby | 1.6.1 | |
| yukihiro_matsumoto | ruby | 1.6.2 | |
| yukihiro_matsumoto | ruby | 1.6.3 | |
| yukihiro_matsumoto | ruby | 1.6.4 | |
| yukihiro_matsumoto | ruby | 1.6.5 | |
| yukihiro_matsumoto | ruby | 1.6.6 | |
| yukihiro_matsumoto | ruby | 1.6.7 | |
| yukihiro_matsumoto | ruby | 1.8 | |
| yukihiro_matsumoto | ruby | 1.8.1 |
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