ruby -- cgi.rb library Denial of Service

Description:

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.

References:

• URL: <http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2006/12/04/another-dos-vulnerability-in-cgi-library/>

Affects:

• ruby >=1.8.*,1 <1.8.5_5,1
• ruby+pthreads >=1.8.*,1 <1.8.5_5,1
• ruby+pthreads+oniguruma >=1.8.*,1 <1.8.5_5,1
• ruby+oniguruma >=1.8.*,1 <1.8.5_5,1
• ruby_static >=1.8.*,1

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