CVE-2008-3656

2008-08-1200:00:00

ubuntu.com

7.8 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

0.107 Low

EPSS

Percentile

95.0%

JSON

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.

Bugs

<https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ruby1.9/+bug/281456>

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu6.06noarchruby1.8< 1.8.4-1ubuntu1.6UNKNOWN
ubuntu7.04noarchruby1.8< 1.8.5-4ubuntu2.3UNKNOWN
ubuntu7.10noarchruby1.8< 1.8.6.36-1ubuntu3.3UNKNOWN
ubuntu8.04noarchruby1.8< 1.8.6.111-2ubuntu1.2UNKNOWN
ubuntu8.10noarchruby1.9< 1.9.0.2-7UNKNOWN
ubuntu9.04noarchruby1.9< 1.9.0.2-7UNKNOWN
ubuntu9.10noarchruby1.9< 1.9.0.2-7UNKNOWN
ubuntu10.04noarchruby1.9< 1.9.0.2-7UNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
ubuntu	6.06	noarch	ruby1.8	< 1.8.4-1ubuntu1.6	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	7.04	noarch	ruby1.8	< 1.8.5-4ubuntu2.3	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	7.10	noarch	ruby1.8	< 1.8.6.36-1ubuntu3.3	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	8.04	noarch	ruby1.8	< 1.8.6.111-2ubuntu1.2	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	8.10	noarch	ruby1.9	< 1.9.0.2-7	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	9.04	noarch	ruby1.9	< 1.9.0.2-7	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	9.10	noarch	ruby1.9	< 1.9.0.2-7	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	10.04	noarch	ruby1.9	< 1.9.0.2-7	UNKNOWN