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CVE-2006-5467

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2006-10-27 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

The cgi.rb CGI library for Ruby 1.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via an HTTP request with a multipart MIME body that contains an invalid boundary specifier, as demonstrated using a specifier that begins with a "-" instead of "--" and contains an inconsistent ID.

Affected Platforms

Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby

Weakness Type

CWE-399

References