National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-5467

Overview

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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (03/14/2007)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-371-1

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-371-1

External Source: BID

Name: 20777

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20777

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2006:0729

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0729.html

External Source: OPENPKG

Name: OpenPKG-SA-2006.030

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.030-ruby.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SR:2006:026

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_26_sr.html

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1235

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1235

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1234

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1234

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1017194

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1017194

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200611-12

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-12.xml

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 23344

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/23344

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 23040

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/23040

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 22929

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/22929

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 22761

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/22761

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 22624

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/22624

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 22615

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/22615

External Source: SGI

Name: 20061101-01-P

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-P

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2007-1939

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2006-4245

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4245

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2006-4244

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4244

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2006:192

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:192

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 25402

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/25402

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 22932

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/22932

External Source: MLIST

Name: [mongrel-users] 20061025 [SEC] Mongrel Temporary Fix For cgi.rb 99% CPU DoS Attack

Hyperlink:http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/mongrel-users/2006-October/001946.html

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10185

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10185

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2007-05-24

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530

Hyperlink:http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10185

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10185