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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1234-1 New ruby1.6 package fix denial of service
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1235-1 New ruby1.8 package fix denial of service
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2006-5452 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-371-1 Ruby vulnerability
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

No history.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

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

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

Link: CVE-2006-5467

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

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

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2006-5467

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

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

Links: CVE-2006-5467 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.