CVE-2006-1931

Published: 20 April 2006

The HTTP/XMLRPC server in Ruby before 1.8.2 uses blocking sockets, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (blocked connections) via a large amount of data.

Priority

Status

Package	Release	Status
ruby1.8 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	dapper	Not vulnerable
	edgy	Not vulnerable
	feisty	Not vulnerable
	upstream	Needs triage

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-273-1
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1931
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

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