Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.8 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.8 and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part. Such manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-5467. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.8 (Programming Language Software). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The bug was discovered 10/25/2006. The weakness was disclosed 10/27/2006 with Mandriva (Website). The advisory is available at ubuntu.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-5467 since 10/23/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 22938 (FreeBSD : ruby -- cgi.rb library Denial of Service (ab8dbe98-6be4-11db-ae91-0012f06707f0)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 156238 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Update for Ruby (ELSA-2006:0604,ELSA-2006:0729)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (30221), Tenable (22938), SecurityFocus (BID 20777†), OSVDB (34237†) and Secunia (SA22615†). The entries VDB-31397, VDB-33639, VDB-32911 and VDB-34611 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.8
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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 22938
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : ruby -- cgi.rb library Denial of Service (ab8dbe98-6be4-11db-ae91-0012f06707f0)
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OpenVAS ID: 57560
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: ruby, ruby_static
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Recommended: Upgrade
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10/23/2006 🔍
10/25/2006 +2 days 🔍
10/27/2006 +2 days 🔍
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10/27/2006 +0 days 🔍
10/28/2006 +1 days 🔍
10/30/2006 +2 days 🔍
11/04/2006 +5 days 🔍
11/06/2006 +2 days 🔍
11/08/2006 +2 days 🔍
11/13/2006 +5 days 🔍
03/12/2015 +3041 days 🔍
04/25/2026 +4062 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: ubuntu.com
Organization: Mandriva
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-5467 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-5467
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-33002

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X-Force: 30221
SecurityFocus: 20777 - Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby CGI Module MIME Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 22615 - Mandriva update for ruby, Less Critical
OSVDB: 34237 - CVE-2006-5467 - Ruby - Denial of Service Issue
SecurityTracker: 1017194
Vulnerability Center: 13078 - Ruby 1.8 remote Denial of Service via Multipart MIME Body, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-4244

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 04/25/2026 17:50
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (87), 07/10/2019 17:01 (5), 04/25/2026 17:50 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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