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.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruby | Ruby-lang | 1.8.1 (including) | 1.8.1 (including) |
| Ruby | Ruby-lang | 1.8.5 (including) | 1.8.5 (including) |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | RedHat | ruby-0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.2 | * |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | RedHat | ruby-0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.6 | * |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33013
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/04/2
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0981.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=470252
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10250
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33013
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/04/2
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0981.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=470252
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10250