CVE-2006-5467 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the cgi.rb CGI library for Ruby 1.8. An attacker can exploit this by sending a malformed HTTP request with an invalid multipart MIME boundary, leading to an infinite loop and high CPU consumption on the affected server. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and no authentication required, but only impacts availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:yukihiro_matsumoto:ruby:1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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