CVE-2006-5467
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2006-10-27 | |
| Impact: | Moderate | What is this? |
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.
See more information about CVE-2006-5467 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score: | 5.0 |
| Vector String: | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Version: | 2.0 |
| Attack Vector: | Network |
| Attack Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
Errata information
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Enterprise Linux version 3 (ruby) | ELSA-2006-0729 | 2006-11-30 |
| Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (ruby) | ELSA-2006-0729 | 2006-11-30 |
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