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.
Published: 2004-11-19
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 1.1% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2004-0981 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-20-1 Ruby CGI module vulnerability
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Gentoo Linux
Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Mandrake Linux Corporate Server
Redhat Enterprise Linux
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux
Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:38:59.645Z

Reserved: 2004-10-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-0983

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Status : Modified

Published: 2005-03-01T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2004-0983

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Publid Date: 2004-11-08T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2004-0983 - Bugzilla

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