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.
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 | * |