[FREEBSD:A8674C14-83D7-11DB-88D5-0012F06707F0] ruby -- cgi.rb library Denial of Service

Severity Medium
Affected Packages 2
CVEs 1

The official ruby site reports:

  Another vulnerability has been discovered in the CGI library
    (cgi.rb) that ships with Ruby which could be used by a malicious
    user to create a denial of service attack (DoS).
  A specific HTTP request for any web application using cgi.rb
    causes CPU consumption on the machine on which the web application
    is running. Many such requests result in a denial of service.
Package Affected Version
pkg:freebsd/ruby_static
pkg:freebsd/ruby < 1.8.5_5,1
ID
FREEBSD:A8674C14-83D7-11DB-88D5-0012F06707F0
Severity
medium
Severity from
CVE-2006-6303
URL
http://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/a8674c14-83d7-11db-88d5-0012f06707f0.html
Published
2006-12-04T00:00:00
(18 years ago)
Modified
2006-12-04T00:00:00
(18 years ago)
Rights
FreeBSD VuXML Security Team
Other Advisories
Type Package URL Namespace Name / Product Version Distribution / Platform Arch Patch / Fix
Affected pkg:freebsd/ruby_static ruby_static
Affected pkg:freebsd/ruby ruby < 1.8.5_5,1
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# CVE Description CVSS EPSS EPSS Trend (30 days) Affected Products Weaknesses Security Advisories PoC Pubblication Date Modification Date
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