Ruby HTTP/XMLRPC Server Lets Remote Users Block Connections
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1015978
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id?1015978
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CVE Reference: CVE-2006-1931
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Apr 24 2006
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Impact: Denial of service via network
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Fix Available: Yes
Exploit Included: Yes
Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): 1.8.2 and prior versions
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Description: A vulnerability was reported in Ruby in the HTTP/XMLRPC server. A remote user can cause denial of service conditions.
The web server uses blocking sockets. A remote user can send a large amount of data to a socket to cause the target service to block other connections.
Tanaka Akira reported this vulnerability.
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Impact: A remote user can block connections.
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Solution: The vendor has issued a fixed version (1.8.4), available at:
http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=426
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Vendor URL: www.ruby-lang.org/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause: State error
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Underlying OS: Linux (Any), UNIX (Any)
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Reported By: Tanaka Akira <akr@m17n.org>
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Message History:
This archive entry has one or more follow-up message(s) listed below.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 01:01:40 +0900
From: Tanaka Akira <akr@m17n.org>
Subject: [ruby-dev:26405] WEBrick DoS vulnerability
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CVE-2006-1931
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