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    CVE-2006-5467

    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.

    Published:Oct 25, 2006
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Oct 27, 2006
    EPSS Score:0.05038
    CVSS Score:5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Yukihiro Matsumoto
    Product
    Ruby

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-P
    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530
    http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html
    http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/mongrel-users/2006-October/001946.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22615
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22624
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22761
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22929
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22932
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23040
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23344
    http://secunia.com/advisories/25402
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-12.xml
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1017194
    http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1234
    http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1235
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:192
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_26_sr.html
    http://www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.030-ruby.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0729.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20777
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-371-1
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4244
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4245
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10185
    ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-P
    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530
    http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html
    http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/mongrel-users/2006-October/001946.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22615
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22624
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22761
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22929
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22932
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23040
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23344
    http://secunia.com/advisories/25402
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-12.xml
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1017194
    http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1234
    http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1235
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:192
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_26_sr.html
    http://www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.030-ruby.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0729.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20777
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-371-1
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4244
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4245
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10185

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High