CVE-2006-6303

Published: 6 December 2006

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.

Priority

Status

Package	Release	Status
ruby1.8 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	dapper	Released (1.8.4-1ubuntu1.3)
	edgy	Released (1.8.4-5ubuntu1.2)
	feisty	Released (1.8.5-4ubuntu2)
	upstream	Released (1.8.6)

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-394-1
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-6303
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

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