CVE-2006-1931 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 10.2% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 10.19% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2006-04-20 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| yukihiro matsumoto | ruby |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.x - XMLRPC Server Denial of Service | 2006-04-21 |
References
- ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.8/ruby-1.8.2-webrick-dos-1.patch
- ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.8/ruby-1.8.2-xmlrpc-dos-1.patch
- http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-dev/27787
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16904
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19772
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19804
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20024
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20064
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20457
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21657
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015978
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1157
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-11.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:079
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-06-02.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/24972
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0427.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17645
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=189540
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26102
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