Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2006-6303 First vendor Publication 2006-12-06
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 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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6303

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10529
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10529
Title: 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.
Description: 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.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2006-6303
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 8

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/sles9p5009168.nasl
2009-03-06 Name : RedHat Update for ruby RHSA-2008:0562-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2008_0562-01_ruby.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for ruby CESA-2008:0562-01 centos2 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0562-01_ruby_centos2_i386.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for irb CESA-2008:0562 centos3 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0562_irb_centos3_i386.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for irb CESA-2008:0562 centos3 x86_64
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0562_irb_centos3_x86_64.nasl
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200612-21 (ruby)
File : nvt/glsa_200612_21.nasl
2008-09-04 Name : FreeBSD Ports: ruby
File : nvt/freebsd_ruby5.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
34238 Ruby cgi.rb read_multipart Function Crafted HTTP Request DoS

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2007-0961.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2008-0562.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20071113_ruby_on_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20080714_ruby_on_SL3_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-09-24 Name : The remote SuSE 9 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse9_11442.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2007-0961.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-07-15 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2008-0562.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-07-15 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2008-0562.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-12-13 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_ruby-2654.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-14 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2007-0961.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-10 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-394-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-17 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_ruby-2655.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-2006-225.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-12-30 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200612-21.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-12-06 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.
File : freebsd_pkg_a8674c1483d711db88d50012f06707f0.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/21441
CONFIRM http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530
http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2006/12/04/another-dos-vulnerability-in-cgi-...
GENTOO http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-21.xml
JVN http://jvn.jp/jp/JVN%2384798830/index.html
MANDRIVA http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:225
MISC http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=157048
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=218287
http://www.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/ruby/lib/cgi.rb.diff?f=h&only...
OVAL https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0961.html
SECTRACK http://securitytracker.com/id?1017363
SECUNIA 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
SUSE http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_4_sr.html
UBUNTU http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-394-1
VUPEN http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4855
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939
XF https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30734

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