CVE-2006-5467

NameCVE-2006-5467
DescriptionThe 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1234-1, DSA-1235-1
Debian Bugs398457

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
ruby1.6sourcesarge1.6.8-12sarge3DSA-1234-1
ruby1.8sourcesarge1.8.2-7sarge5DSA-1235-1
ruby1.8source(unstable)1.8.5-3low398457
ruby1.9source(unstable)1.9.0+20070606-1low

Notes

[etch] - ruby1.9 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)

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