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[OpenPKG-SA-2006.040] OpenPKG Security Advisory (ruby)



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Publisher Name:          OpenPKG GmbH
Publisher Home:          http://openpkg.com/

Advisory Id (public):    OpenPKG-SA-2006.040
Advisory Type:           OpenPKG Security Advisory (SA)
Advisory Directory:      http://openpkg.com/go/OpenPKG-SA
Advisory Document:       http://openpkg.com/go/OpenPKG-SA-2006.040
Advisory Published:      2006-12-21 10:44 UTC

Issue Id (internal):     OpenPKG-SI-20061221
Issue First Created:     2006-12-21
Issue Last Modified:     2006-12-21
Issue Revision:          05
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Subject Name:            Ruby
Subject Summary:         Programming Language
Subject Home:            http://www.ruby-lang.org/
Subject Versions:        * < 1.8.5-p2

Vulnerability Id:        CVE-2006-6303
Vulnerability Scope:     global (not OpenPKG specific)

Attack Feasibility:      run-time
Attack Vector:           remote network
Attack Impact:           denial of service

Description:
    As confirmed by the vendor [0], a Denial of Service (DoS)
    vulnerability exists in the programming language Ruby [1],
    versions before 1.8.5-p2. The "read_multipart" function in the
    Ruby CGI library ("cgi.rb") does not properly detect boundaries
    in MIME "multipart" content, which allows remote attackers to
    cause an infinite loop via specially crafted HTTP requests. Notice
    that this issue is not the same as CVE-2006-5467 (reported in
    OpenPKG-SA-2006.030).

References:
    [0] 
http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2006/12/04/another-dos-vulnerability-in-cgi-library/
    [1] http://www.ruby-lang.org/
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Primary Package Name:    ruby
Primary Package Home:    http://openpkg.org/go/package/ruby

Corrected Distribution:  Corrected Branch: Corrected Package:
OpenPKG Enterprise       E1.0-SOLID        ruby-1.8.5-E1.0.2
OpenPKG Community        CURRENT           ruby-1.8.5p2-20061204
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