CVE-2006-6303

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 2
Modified
Published: 06 Dec 2006, 19:00
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 20:19

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
21/100
CVSS Score
5 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
4.21% LOW
4% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

06 Dec 2006, 19:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 20:19
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 4.21%• Percentile: 89%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-399•Resource Management Errors

    Weaknesses in this category are related to improper management of system resources.

Affected Systems

  • yukihiro_matsumoto•ruby

    1.8 | 1.8.1 | 1.8.2 | 1.8.2_pre1 | 1.8.2_pre2 | 1.8.3 | 1.8.4 | 1.8.5

References (24)