CVE-2006-6303 - The read_multipart function in cgi.rb in Ruby before 1.8.5-p2 does not properly detect boundaries in

CVE-2006-6303

Summary

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.

References

Vulnerable Configurations

cpe:2.3:a:yukihiro_matsumoto:ruby:1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:yukihiro_matsumoto:ruby:1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:yukihiro_matsumoto:ruby:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:yukihiro_matsumoto:ruby:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:yukihiro_matsumoto:ruby:1.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:yukihiro_matsumoto:ruby:1.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:yukihiro_matsumoto:ruby:1.8.2_pre1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:yukihiro_matsumoto:ruby:1.8.2_pre1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:yukihiro_matsumoto:ruby:1.8.2_pre2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:yukihiro_matsumoto:ruby:1.8.2_pre2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:yukihiro_matsumoto:ruby:1.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:yukihiro_matsumoto:ruby:1.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:yukihiro_matsumoto:ruby:1.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:yukihiro_matsumoto:ruby:1.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:yukihiro_matsumoto:ruby:1.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:yukihiro_matsumoto:ruby:1.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS

Base:	5.0 (as of 11-10-2017 - 01:31)
Impact:
Exploitability:

CWE

CWE-399

CAPEC

Access

Vector	Complexity	Authentication
NETWORK	LOW	NONE

Impact

Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
NONE	NONE	PARTIAL

cvss-vector via4

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

oval via4

accepted

2013-04-29T04:06:27.998-04:00

class

vulnerability

contributors

name Aharon Chernin
organization SCAP.com, LLC
name Dragos Prisaca
organization G2, Inc.

definition_extensions

comment The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11782
comment CentOS Linux 3.x
oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16651
comment The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11831
comment CentOS Linux 4.x
oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16636
comment Oracle Linux 4.x
oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15990

description

family

unix

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10529

status

accepted

submitted

2010-07-09T03:56:16-04:00

title

version

redhat via4

advisories

rhsa

id	RHSA-2007:0961

rpms

irb-0:1.8.1-7.EL4.8.1
ruby-0:1.8.1-7.EL4.8.1
ruby-debuginfo-0:1.8.1-7.EL4.8.1
ruby-devel-0:1.8.1-7.EL4.8.1
ruby-docs-0:1.8.1-7.EL4.8.1
ruby-libs-0:1.8.1-7.EL4.8.1
ruby-mode-0:1.8.1-7.EL4.8.1
ruby-tcltk-0:1.8.1-7.EL4.8.1
irb-0:1.6.4-6.el2
irb-0:1.6.8-12.el3
ruby-0:1.6.4-6.el2
ruby-0:1.6.8-12.el3
ruby-debuginfo-0:1.6.8-12.el3
ruby-devel-0:1.6.4-6.el2
ruby-devel-0:1.6.8-12.el3
ruby-docs-0:1.6.4-6.el2
ruby-docs-0:1.6.8-12.el3
ruby-libs-0:1.6.4-6.el2
ruby-libs-0:1.6.8-12.el3
ruby-mode-0:1.6.8-12.el3
ruby-tcltk-0:1.6.4-6.el2
ruby-tcltk-0:1.6.8-12.el3

refmap via4

apple	APPLE-SA-2007-05-24
bid	21441
confirm	http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530 http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2006/12/04/another-dos-vulnerability-in-cgi-library/
gentoo	GLSA-200612-21
jvn	JVN#84798830
mandriva	MDKSA-2006:225
misc	http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=157048 http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=218287 http://www.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/ruby/lib/cgi.rb.diff?f=h&only_with_tag=MAIN&r1=text&tr1=1.92&r2=text&tr2=1.91
sectrack	1017363
secunia	23165 23268 23454 25402 27576 31090
suse	SUSE-SR:2007:004
ubuntu	USN-394-1
vupen	ADV-2006-4855 ADV-2007-1939
xf	ruby-cgi-library-dos(30734)

statements via4

contributor	Joshua Bressers
lastmodified	2008-07-14
organization	Red Hat
statement	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch. For other versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux see http://rhn.redhat.com/cve/CVE-2006-6303.html

Last major update

11-10-2017 - 01:31

Published

06-12-2006 - 19:28

Last modified

11-10-2017 - 01:31