CVE-2006-6303

N/A Unknown
Published: December 06, 2006 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=157048
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=218287
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://jvn.jp/jp/JVN%2384798830/index.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/23165
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/23268
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/23454
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/25402
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/27576
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/31090
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-21.xml
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017363
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:225
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_4_sr.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0961.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/ruby/lib/cgi.rb.diff?f=h&only_with_tag=MAIN&r1=text&tr1=1.92&r2=text&tr2=1.91
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2006/12/04/another-dos-vulnerability-in-cgi-library/
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21441
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-394-1
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4855
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30734
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10529
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=157048
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=218287
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://jvn.jp/jp/JVN%2384798830/index.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/23165
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/23268
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/23454
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/25402
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/27576
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/31090
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-21.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017363
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:225
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_4_sr.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0961.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/ruby/lib/cgi.rb.diff?f=h&only_with_tag=MAIN&r1=text&tr1=1.92&r2=text&tr2=1.91
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2006/12/04/another-dos-vulnerability-in-cgi-library/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21441
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-394-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4855
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30734
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10529
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

48 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
4.2%
89th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-399

Affected Vendors

yukihiro_matsumoto

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