CVE-2006-6303
Estado: ModificadaMedia (5)—
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.
CVSS
- Versión: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Puntuación base: 5
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 3.80%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 90
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-399
Referencias
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=157048
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=218287
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530
- http://jvn.jp/jp/JVN%2384798830/index.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23165
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23268
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23454
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25402
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27576
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31090
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-21.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017363
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:225
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_4_sr.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0961.html
- 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
- http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2006/12/04/another-dos-vulnerability-in-cgi-library/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21441
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-394-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4855
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30734
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10529
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=157048
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=218287
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530
- http://jvn.jp/jp/JVN%2384798830/index.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23165
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23268
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23454
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25402
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27576
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31090
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-21.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017363
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:225
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_4_sr.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0961.html
- 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
- http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2006/12/04/another-dos-vulnerability-in-cgi-library/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21441
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-394-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4855
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30734
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10529
JSON original (NVD)
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