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title: "CVE-2006-4112\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2006-4112

Publication date 14 August 2006

Last updated 17 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the "dependency resolution mechanism" in Ruby
on Rails 1.1.0 through 1.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary
Ruby code via a URL that is not properly handled in the routing code, which
leads to a denial of service (application hang) or "data loss," a different
vulnerability than CVE-2006-4111.

## Status

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| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| rails | 7.10 gutsy | Not affected |
| 7.04 feisty | Not affected |
| 6.10 edgy | Not affected |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 1.1.2-1ubuntu0.1 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4112)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-4112)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2006-4112)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-4112)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-4112>