OpenPKG Security Advisory
OpenPKG-SA-2006.040
Publisher Name: OpenPKG GmbH
Publisher Home: http://openpkg.com/
Advisory Id (public): OpenPKG-SA-2006.040
Advisory Type: OpenPKG Security Advisory (SA)
Advisory Directory: http://openpkg.com/go/OpenPKG-SA
Advisory Document: http://openpkg.com/go/OpenPKG-SA-2006.040
Advisory Published: 2010-09-03 22:19 UTC
Issue Id (internal): OpenPKG-SI-20061221.01
Issue First Created: 2006-12-21
Issue Last Modified: 2007-04-13
Issue Revision: 08
Subject Name: Ruby
Subject Summary: Programming Language
Subject Home: http://www.ruby-lang.org/
Subject Versions: * < 1.8.5-p2
Vulnerability Id: CVE-2006-6303
Vulnerability Scope: global (not OpenPKG specific)
Attack Feasibility: run-time
Attack Vector: remote network
Attack Impact: denial of service
Description:
As confirmed by the vendor [0], a Denial of Service (DoS)
vulnerability exists in the programming language Ruby [1],
versions before 1.8.5-p2. The "read_multipart" function in the
Ruby CGI library ("cgi.rb") does not properly detect boundaries
in MIME "multipart" content, which allows remote attackers to
cause an infinite loop via specially crafted HTTP requests. Notice
that this issue is not the same as CVE-2006-5467 (reported in
OpenPKG-SA-2006.030).
References:
[0] http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2006/12/04/another-dos-vulnerability-in-cgi-library/
[1] http://www.ruby-lang.org/
Primary Package Name: ruby
Primary Package Home: http://openpkg.org/go/package/ruby
Affected Distribution: Affected Branch: Affected Package:
OpenPKG Enterprise E1.0-SOLID ruby-1.8.5-E1.0.1
OpenPKG Community 2-STABLE-20061018 ruby-1.8.5-2.20061104
OpenPKG Community 2-STABLE ruby-1.8.5-2.20061104
OpenPKG Community CURRENT ruby-1.8.5-20061104
Corrected Distribution: Corrected Branch: Corrected Package:
OpenPKG Enterprise E1.0-SOLID ruby-1.8.5-E1.0.2
OpenPKG Community 2-STABLE-20061018 pending
OpenPKG Community 2-STABLE pending
OpenPKG Community CURRENT ruby-1.8.5p2-20061204