CVE-2006-6303 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the cgi.rb component of Ruby versions prior to 1.8.5-p2, specifically affecting the read_multipart function. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger an infinite loop by sending specially crafted HTTP requests that exploit improper boundary detection in MIME multipart content. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, but only leading to partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage regarding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.8.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:yukihiro_matsumoto:ruby:1.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.8.2_pre1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:yukihiro_matsumoto:ruby:1.8.2_pre1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.8.2_pre2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:yukihiro_matsumoto:ruby:1.8.2_pre2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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