CVE-2008-4310: WEBrick Denial of Service Vulnerability
(updated )
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.
References
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/04/2
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0981.html
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=470252
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-wfrc-r6c6-7j9r
- github.com/ruby/webrick/commit/b2ccd5ff7ddd67a4548299e110dcc5a4728a5534
- github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/webrick/CVE-2008-4310.yml
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4310
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10250
- web.archive.org/web/20111230125610/http://secunia.com/advisories/33013
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