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.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruby | Yukihiro_matsumoto | 1.8 (including) | 1.8 (including) |
| Ruby | Yukihiro_matsumoto | 1.8.1 (including) | 1.8.1 (including) |
| Ruby | Yukihiro_matsumoto | 1.8.2 (including) | 1.8.2 (including) |
| Ruby | Yukihiro_matsumoto | 1.8.2_pre1 (including) | 1.8.2_pre1 (including) |
| Ruby | Yukihiro_matsumoto | 1.8.2_pre2 (including) | 1.8.2_pre2 (including) |
| Ruby | Yukihiro_matsumoto | 1.8.3 (including) | 1.8.3 (including) |
| Ruby | Yukihiro_matsumoto | 1.8.4 (including) | 1.8.4 (including) |
| Ruby | Yukihiro_matsumoto | 1.8.5 (including) | 1.8.5 (including) |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 | RedHat | ruby-0:1.6.4-6.el2 | * |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | RedHat | ruby-0:1.6.8-12.el3 | * |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | RedHat | ruby-0:1.8.1-7.EL4.8.1 | * |
| Ruby1.8 | Ubuntu | dapper | * |
| Ruby1.8 | Ubuntu | edgy | * |
| Ruby1.8 | Ubuntu | feisty | * |
| Ruby1.8 | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=157048
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=218287
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530
- http://jvn.jp/jp/JVN%2384798830/index.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html
- 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
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-21.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017363
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:225
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_4_sr.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0961.html
- http://www.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/ruby/lib/cgi.rb.diff?f=h\u0026only_with_tag=MAIN\u0026r1=text\u0026tr1=1.92\u0026r2=text\u0026tr2=1.91
- http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2006/12/04/another-dos-vulnerability-in-cgi-library/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21441
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-394-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4855
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30734
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10529
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=157048
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=218287
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530
- http://jvn.jp/jp/JVN%2384798830/index.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html
- 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
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-21.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017363
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:225
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_4_sr.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0961.html
- http://www.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/ruby/lib/cgi.rb.diff?f=h\u0026only_with_tag=MAIN\u0026r1=text\u0026tr1=1.92\u0026r2=text\u0026tr2=1.91
- http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2006/12/04/another-dos-vulnerability-in-cgi-library/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21441
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-394-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4855
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30734
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10529