CVE-2004-0983 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the CGI module of Ruby versions 1.6 prior to 1.6.8 and 1.8 prior to 1.8.2, affecting products like Gentoo, Mandrakesoft, Ubuntu, and Yukihiro Matsumoto's Ruby. A remote attacker can exploit this by sending a specially crafted HTTP request, leading to an infinite loop and high CPU consumption. Rated with a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires no authentication, but its impact is limited to availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:yukihiro_matsumoto:ruby:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.6.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:yukihiro_matsumoto:ruby:1.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:yukihiro_matsumoto:ruby:1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:yukihiro_matsumoto:ruby:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.8.2_pre1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:yukihiro_matsumoto:ruby:1.8.2_pre1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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