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.

• CWE-399

• ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-PPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html
• http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/mongrel-users/2006-October/001946.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22615Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22624Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22761Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22929Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22932Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23040Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23344Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25402Vendor Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-12.xmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1017194Patch
• http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1234
• http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1235
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:192
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_26_sr.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.030-ruby.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0729.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20777Patch
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-371-1Patch
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4244Vendor Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4245Vendor Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939Vendor Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10185
• ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-PPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html
• http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/mongrel-users/2006-October/001946.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22615Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22624Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22761Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22929Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22932Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23040Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23344Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25402Vendor Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-12.xmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1017194Patch
• http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1234
• http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1235
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:192
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_26_sr.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.030-ruby.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0729.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20777Patch
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-371-1Patch
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4244Vendor Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4245Vendor Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939Vendor Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10185

Published

Oct 27, 2006

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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