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Medium
CVE-2006-1931
The HTTP/XMLRPC server in Ruby before 1.8.2 uses blocking sockets,...
Vulnerability Description
The HTTP/XMLRPC server in Ruby before 1.8.2 uses blocking sockets, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (blocked connections) via a large amount of data.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19772
- http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-dev/27787
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21657
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16904
- ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.8/ruby-1.8.2-webrick-dos-1.patch
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/273-1/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20024
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17645
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11100
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-06-02.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0427.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26102
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-11.xml
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=189540
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015978
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1157
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19804
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:079
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20064
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20457
- http://www.osvdb.org/24972
- ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.8/ruby-1.8.2-xmlrpc-dos-1.patch
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
1.6, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 1.6.3, 1.6.4, 1.6.5, 1.6.6, 1.6.7, 1.8, 1.8.1
Timeline
Official Publish:
April 20th, 2006
Last Modified:
August 7th, 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.