CVE-2006-6303 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via infinite loop in Ruby's CGI multipart parsing.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2006-6303?
CVE-2006-6303 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Dec 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-6303?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby.
How do I fix CVE-2006-6303?
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-2006-6303 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-6303 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fx2r-qhmq-3jjp.