CVE-2008-4310

CVE Details

Release Date:2008-12-09

Description


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-2008-4310 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD


CVSS v2.0 metrics


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

Errata information


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (ruby)ELSA-2008-09812008-12-04
Oracle Linux version 5 (ruby)ELSA-2008-09812008-12-04



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