CVE-2004-0983 - CVE House
Back to Database
Status published Medium CVE-2004-0983

The CGI module in Ruby 1.6 before 1.6.8, and 1.8...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

THREAT MONITOR

Am I Vulnerable?

Launch our assessment wizard to check if your infrastructure is exposed to • CVE-2004-0983

Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

More from yukihiro matsumoto

View All →
CVE-2006-6303
The read_multipart function in cgi.rb in Ruby before 1.8.5-p2 does...
Medium 5
CVE-2006-5467
The cgi.rb CGI library for Ruby 1.8 allows remote attackers...
Medium 5
CVE-2006-3694
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Ruby before 1.8.5 allow remote attackers...
Medium 6.4
CVE-2006-1931
The HTTP/XMLRPC server in Ruby before 1.8.2 uses blocking sockets,...
Medium 5
CVE-2005-2337
Ruby 1.6.x up to 1.6.8, 1.8.x up to 1.8.2, and...
High 7.5

Affected Vendor

yukihiro matsumoto

View all reports →

Affected Software

ruby, linux, mandrake linux, mandrake linux corporate server, ubuntu linux
Vulnerable Versions:
1.6, 1.6.7, 1.8, 1.8.1, 1.8.2_pre1, 1.8.2_pre2, 9.2, 10.0, 10.1, 2.1, 4.1

Timeline

Official Publish: November 19th, 2004
Last Modified: August 8th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.