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CVE-2004-0983
The CGI module in Ruby 1.6 before 1.6.8, and 1.8 before 1.8.2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU…
Medium5.0EPSS 1.9%
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- mitre
Description
The CGI module in Ruby 1.6 before 1.6.8, and 1.8 before 1.8.2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a certain HTTP request.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.9% · top 20% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- RHSA-2004:635 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- MDKSA-2004:128 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- 11618 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10268 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- USN-20-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- DSA-586 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- ruby-cgi-dos(17985) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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