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    CVE-2006-6303

    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.

    Published:Dec 4, 2006
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Dec 6, 2006
    EPSS Score:0.04215
    CVSS Score:5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Yukihiro Matsumoto
    Product
    Ruby

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=157048
    http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=218287
    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530
    http://jvn.jp/jp/JVN%2384798830/index.html
    http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23165
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23268
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23454
    http://secunia.com/advisories/25402
    http://secunia.com/advisories/27576
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31090
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-21.xml
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1017363
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:225
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_4_sr.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0961.html
    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
    http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2006/12/04/another-dos-vulnerability-in-cgi-library/
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21441
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-394-1
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4855
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30734
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10529
    http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=157048
    http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=218287
    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530
    http://jvn.jp/jp/JVN%2384798830/index.html
    http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23165
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23268
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23454
    http://secunia.com/advisories/25402
    http://secunia.com/advisories/27576
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31090
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-21.xml
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1017363
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:225
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_4_sr.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0961.html
    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
    http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2006/12/04/another-dos-vulnerability-in-cgi-library/
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21441
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-394-1
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4855
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30734
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10529

    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