FKIE_CVE-2006-6303
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2006-12-06 19:28 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:32
Severity
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| yukihiro_matsumoto | ruby | 1.8 | |
| yukihiro_matsumoto | ruby | 1.8.1 | |
| yukihiro_matsumoto | ruby | 1.8.2 | |
| yukihiro_matsumoto | ruby | 1.8.2_pre1 | |
| yukihiro_matsumoto | ruby | 1.8.2_pre2 | |
| yukihiro_matsumoto | ruby | 1.8.3 | |
| yukihiro_matsumoto | ruby | 1.8.4 | |
| yukihiro_matsumoto | ruby | 1.8.5 |
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