Description
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 products
- yukihiro_matsumoto / ruby1.8 – 1.8
- yukihiro_matsumoto / ruby1.8.1 – 1.8.1
- yukihiro_matsumoto / ruby1.8.2 – 1.8.2
- yukihiro_matsumoto / ruby1.8.2_pre1 – 1.8.2_pre1
- yukihiro_matsumoto / ruby1.8.2_pre2 – 1.8.2_pre2
- yukihiro_matsumoto / ruby1.8.3 – 1.8.3
- yukihiro_matsumoto / ruby1.8.4 – 1.8.4
- yukihiro_matsumoto / ruby1.8.5 – 1.8.5
References
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-394-1
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/31090
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/27576
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939
- MISChttp://jvn.jp/jp/JVN%2384798830/index.html
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/23268
- MAILING_LISThttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html
- MISChttp://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=218287
- MISChttp://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2006/12/04/another-dos-vulnerability-in-cgi-library/
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/25402
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/23165
- MISChttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0961.html
- MISChttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10529
- MISChttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30734
- MISChttp://securitytracker.com/id?1017363
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_4_sr.html
- MISChttp://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=157048
- MISChttp://www.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/ruby/lib/cgi.rb.diff?f=h&only_with_tag=MAIN&r1=text&tr1=1.92&r2=text&tr2=1.91
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4855
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:225
- MISChttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-21.xml
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/23454
- MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21441