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CVE-2006-6303 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=157048	CVE	Patch
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=218287	CVE	Patch
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530	CVE
http://jvn.jp/jp/JVN%2384798830/index.html	CVE
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/23165	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/23268	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/23454	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/25402	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/27576	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/31090	CVE
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-21.xml	CVE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017363	CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30734	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10529	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:225	CVE
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_4_sr.html	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0961.html	CVE
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	CVE	Patch
http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2006/12/04/another-dos-vulnerability-in-cgi-library/	CVE	Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21441	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-394-1	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4855	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939	CVE
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=157048	[email protected]	Patch
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=218287	[email protected]	Patch
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530	[email protected]
http://jvn.jp/jp/JVN%2384798830/index.html	[email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/23165	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/23268	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/23454	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/25402	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/27576	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/31090	[email protected]
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-21.xml	[email protected]
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017363	[email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30734	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10529	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:225	[email protected]
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_4_sr.html	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0961.html	[email protected]
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	[email protected]	Patch
http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2006/12/04/another-dos-vulnerability-in-cgi-library/	[email protected]	Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21441	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-394-1	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4855	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939	[email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-399	Resource Management Errors	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
yukihiro matsumoto ruby	1.8 1.8.1 1.8.2 1.8.2_pre1 1.8.2_pre2
CPE 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:1.8.2:::::::* 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:1.8.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:yukihiro_matsumoto:ruby:1.8.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:yukihiro_matsumoto:ruby:1.8.5:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Product

Versions

yukihiro matsumoto ruby

1.8

1.8.1

1.8.2

1.8.2_pre1

1.8.2_pre2

CPE

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:1.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:1.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:yukihiro_matsumoto:ruby:1.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:yukihiro_matsumoto:ruby:1.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 11, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 6, 2006	Initial Analysis	[email protected]