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CVE-2006-6303

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2006-12-06 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby

Weakness Type

CWE-399

References