CVE-2006-4112

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-08-14 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the "dependency resolution mechanism" in Ruby on Rails 1.1.0 through 1.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Ruby code via a URL that is not properly handled in the routing code, which leads to a denial of service (application hang) or "data loss," a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-4111.

Affected products

Ruby on Rails: 1.1.0, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3, 1.1.4

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/21424
http://secunia.com/advisories/21466
http://secunia.com/advisories/21749
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016673
http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2006/8/10/rails-1-1-6-backports-and-full-disclosure
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200608-20.xml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/699540
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_21_sr.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442934/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19454
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28364
http://secunia.com/advisories/21424

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