CVE-2004-0983

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Summary

CVECVE-2004-0983
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-03-01 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionThe CGI module in Ruby 1.6 before 1.6.8, and 1.8 before 1.8.2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a certain HTTP request.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Gentoo Linux All All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 10.0 All amd64 All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 10.1 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 10.1 All x86_64 All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 9.2 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 9.2 All amd64 All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 2.1 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 2.1 All x86_64 All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 All ia64 All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 All ppc All
Application Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.6 All All All
Application Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.6.7 All All All
Application Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.8 All All All
Application Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.8.1 All All All
Application Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.8.2_pre1 All All All
Application Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.8.2_pre2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Advisories - Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
USN-20-1: Ruby CGI module vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 usn.ubuntu.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-586-1 ruby af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby CGI Module Unspecified Denial Of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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