Vulnerability in Gentoo Linux
CVE-2004-0983
The CGI module in Ruby 1.6 before 1.6.8, and 1.8 before 1.8.2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a certain HTTP request.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.019 (78.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 79th percentile — 78.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.019 · newest: 0.019 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Gentoo Linux
- Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux — versions 9.2, 10.0, 10.1
- Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server — versions 2.1
- Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby — versions 1.6, 1.6.7, 1.8
- Ubuntu Linux — versions 4.1
References
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-635.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/11618 (Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10268 (signature, vdb-entry)
- usn.ubuntu.com/20-1/ (vendor-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-586 (vendor-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17985 (vdb-entry)