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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2006-10-27T18:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T19:48:30.572Z

Reserved: 2006-10-23T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2006-5467

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-10-27T18:07:00.000

Modified: 2017-10-11T01:31:19.923

Link: CVE-2006-5467

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2006-10-25T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2006-5467 - Bugzilla