- Description
- 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.
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
- NVD status
- Modified
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 5
- Impact score
- 2.9
- Exploitability score
- 10
- Vector string
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-399
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
- Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.
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"matchCriteriaId": "05A4185F-1CE1-48D1-B967-01A96527417B"
}
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}
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