Description
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.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Access Vector
- network
- Access Cmplx
- low
- Auth
- none
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- partial
- Weaknesses
- CWE-399
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- YUKIHIRO_MATSUMOTO
- Published
- 10/27/2006
- Last Modified
- 4/9/2025
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
yukihiro_matsumoto : ruby
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