CVE-2006-1931 Denial of service in n/a
Medium 5.0
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2006-1931 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2006-1931 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Apr 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-1931 exists.
Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-1931/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-1931/index.md)
Attackers can cause denial of service in Ruby's HTTP/XMLRPC server by sending large amounts of data due to blocking sockets.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2006-1931?
CVE-2006-1931 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Apr 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The HTTP/XMLRPC server in Ruby before 1.8.2 uses blocking sockets, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (blocked connections) via a large amount of data.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-1931?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (32)
irb Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.3 |
ruby Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.3 |
ruby-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.3 |
ruby-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.3 |
ruby-docs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.3 |
ruby-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.3 |
ruby-mode Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.3 |
ruby-tcltk Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.3 |
irb Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.3 |
ruby Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.3 |
ruby-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.3 |
ruby-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.3 |
ruby-docs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.3 |
ruby-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.3 |
ruby-mode Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.3 |
ruby-tcltk Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.3 |
irb Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.3 |
ruby Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.3 |
ruby-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.3 |
ruby-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.3 |
ruby-docs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.3 |
ruby-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.3 |
ruby-mode Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.3 |
ruby-tcltk Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.3 |
irb Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.3 |
ruby Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.3 |
ruby-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.3 |
ruby-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.3 |
ruby-docs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.3 |
ruby-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.3 |
ruby-mode Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.3 |
ruby-tcltk Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:1.8.1-7.EL4.3 |
Products include Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby.
How do I fix CVE-2006-1931?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2006-1931 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-1931 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j98g-25wq-62h9, RHSA-2006:0427.