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CVE-2004-0983

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-03-01 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

• gentoo Linux: all versions
• Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux: 9.2, 10.0, 10.1
• Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server: 2.1
• Ubuntu Linux: 4.1
• Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby: 1.6, 1.6.7, 1.8, 1.8.1, 1.8.2_pre1, 1.8.2_pre2

References

• http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-586
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:128
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-635.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11618
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17985
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10268
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/20-1/
• http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-586
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:128
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-635.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11618
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17985

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