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CVE-2006-5467

Medium

Description

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.0
Exploit probability—
ProductYukihiro Matsumoto Ruby
PublishedOct 27, 2006
First seenOct 27, 2006

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

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ProductAffected versionsFixed in
yukihiro_matsumoto ruby1.8—

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