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…

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

4.5% · top 8.4% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-399 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-399 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (25)

• GLSA-200611-12 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 22932 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2007-1939 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 23344 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 22615 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• OpenPKG-SA-2006.030 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_OPENPKGx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2007-05-24 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10185 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 22761 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 25402 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2006:026 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 23040 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• [mongrel-users] 20061025 [SEC] Mongrel Temporary Fix For cgi.rb 99% CPU DoS Attack (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 20777 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• MDKSA-2006:192 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 1017194 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• DSA-1235 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• USN-371-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• ADV-2006-4244 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• RHSA-2006:0729 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• DSA-1234 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 22929 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2006-4245 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 22624 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 19:48 UTC.