Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2006-5467 First vendor Publication 2006-10-27
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2017-10-11

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

The cgi.rb CGI library for Ruby 1.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via an HTTP request with a multipart MIME body that contains an invalid boundary specifier, as demonstrated using a specifier that begins with a "-" instead of "--" and contains an inconsistent ID.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5467

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10185
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10185
Title: The cgi.rb CGI library for Ruby 1.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via an HTTP request with a multipart MIME body that contains an invalid boundary specifier, as demonstrated using a specifier that begins with a "-" instead of "--" and contains an inconsistent ID.
Description: The cgi.rb CGI library for Ruby 1.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via an HTTP request with a multipart MIME body that contains an invalid boundary specifier, as demonstrated using a specifier that begins with a "-" instead of "--" and contains an inconsistent ID.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2006-5467
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
CentOS Linux 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-11-17 Name : Mac OS X Version
File : nvt/macosx_version.nasl
2009-10-10 Name : SLES9: Security update for ruby
File : nvt/sles9p5020525.nasl
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200611-12 (ruby)
File : nvt/glsa_200611_12.nasl
2008-09-04 Name : FreeBSD Ports: ruby, ruby_static
File : nvt/freebsd_ruby4.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
34237 Ruby cgi.rb Crafted HTTP Request DoS

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2006-0604.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2006-0729.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2006-0729.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-12-13 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_ruby-2224.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-10 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-371-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-17 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_ruby-2219.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-05-25 Name : The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update that fixes several security issues.
File : macosx_SecUpd2007-005.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-02-18 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2006-192.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-01-17 Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2006-1109.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-01-17 Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2006-1110.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-01-17 Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2006-1440.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-01-17 Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2006-1441.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-12-14 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1234.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-12-14 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1235.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-11-22 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200611-12.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-11-20 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2006-0729.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-11-06 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.
File : freebsd_pkg_ab8dbe986be411dbae910012f06707f0.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
APPLE http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20777
CONFIRM http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530
DEBIAN http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1234
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1235
GENTOO http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-12.xml
MANDRIVA http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:192
MLIST http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/mongrel-users/2006-October/001946.html
OPENPKG http://www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.030-ruby.html
OVAL https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0729.html
SECTRACK http://securitytracker.com/id?1017194
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/22615
http://secunia.com/advisories/22624
http://secunia.com/advisories/22761
http://secunia.com/advisories/22929
http://secunia.com/advisories/22932
http://secunia.com/advisories/23040
http://secunia.com/advisories/23344
http://secunia.com/advisories/25402
SGI ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-P
SUSE http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_26_sr.html
UBUNTU http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-371-1
VUPEN http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4244
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4245
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939

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