Release Date: | 2008-08-13 |
Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in the WEBrick::HTTPUtils.split_header_value function in WEBrick::HTTP::DefaultFileHandler in WEBrick in Ruby 1.8.5 and earlier, 1.8.6 through 1.8.6-p286, 1.8.7 through 1.8.7-p71, and 1.9 through r18423 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted HTTP request that is processed by a backtracking regular expression. httputils.rb in WEBrick in Ruby 1.8.1 and 1.8.5, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted HTTP request. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-3656.
See more information about CVE-2008-3656 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
Base Score: | 7.8 | Base Metrics: | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
Access Vector: | Network | Attack Complexity: | Low |
Authentication: | None required | Confidentiality Impact: | None |
Integrity Impact: | None | Availability Impact: | Complete |
Platform | Errata | Release Date |
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (ruby) | ELSA-2008-0897 | 2008-10-21 |
Oracle Linux version 5 (ruby) | ELSA-2008-0897 | 2008-10-21 |
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