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.
| 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 | * |