CVE-2006-1931

MITTEL 5.0CVE-2006-1931 · Published 20/04/2006 · updated 16/06/2026

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
ruby yukihiro_matsumoto	`= 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`	No fix yet

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.

References

ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.8/ruby-1.8.2-webrick-dos-1.patch · Patch
ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.8/ruby-1.8.2-xmlrpc-dos-1.patch
blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-dev/27787 · Patch
secunia.com/advisories/16904
secunia.com/advisories/19772
secunia.com/advisories/19804
secunia.com/advisories/20024
secunia.com/advisories/20064
secunia.com/advisories/20457
secunia.com/advisories/21657
securitytracker.com/id
debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1157
gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-11.xml
mandriva.com/security/advisories
novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-06-02.html
osvdb.org/24972
redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0427.html
securityfocus.com/bid/17645
bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi · Patch
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26102
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11100
usn.ubuntu.com/273-1

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