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CVE-2004-0983

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered Topic
2004-11-13 ruby -- CGI DoS

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Details

Type Candidate
Name CVE-2004-0983
Phase Assigned(20041024)

Description

The 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.

References

Source Reference
DEBIAN DSA-586
MANDRAKE MDKSA-2004:128
REDHAT RHSA-2004:635
UBUNTU USN-20-1
BID 11618
OVAL oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10268
XF ruby-cgi-dos(17985)