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>> Ruby "cgi.rb" Multipart MIME Request Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Title : Ruby "cgi.rb" Multipart MIME Request Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-4244
CVE ID : CVE-2006-5467
Rated as : Low Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2006-10-30
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A vulnerability has been identified in Ruby, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service. This flaw is due to an error in "cgi.rb" when processing HTTP requests with a multipart MIME body containing an invalid boundary specifier, which could be exploited by remote attackers to exhaust all available memory resources, creating a denial of service condition.
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ChangeLog
2006-10-30 : Initial release
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