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.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-12.xml ↗
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22932 ↗
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23344 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22615 ↗
- http://www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.030-ruby.html ↗
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html ↗
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10185 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22761 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25402 ↗
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_26_sr.html ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23040 ↗
- http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/mongrel-users/2006-October/001946.html ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20777 ↗
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:192 ↗
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017194 ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1235 ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-371-1 ↗
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4244 ↗
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0729.html ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1234 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22929 ↗
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4245 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22624 ↗