Vulnerability in Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby
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 · 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: 0.045 (91.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 91.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.042 · newest: 0.045 · change: +0.003
Affected products
- Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby — versions 1.8
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-12.xml (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- docs.info.apple.com/article.html
- secunia.com/advisories/22932 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/23344 (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/22615 (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.030-ruby.html (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html (vendor-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10185 (signature, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/22761 (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)