CVE-2006-5467
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 4.5%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 4.5% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-5452)
- Published
- October 27, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-5452 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- yukihiro matsumoto / ruby
References
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-P(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html
- http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/mongrel-users/2006-October/001946.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22615(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22624(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22761(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22929(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22932(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23040(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23344(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25402(Vendor Advisory)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-12.xml(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017194(Patch)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1234
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1235
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:192
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_26_sr.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.030-ruby.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0729.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20777(Patch)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-371-1(Patch)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4244(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4245(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939(Vendor Advisory)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10185
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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