CVE-2008-3656
Fixed in a distro release EPSS 70%
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.
Products: ruby-lang ruby
Distro releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Debian 4.0 | ruby1.8 | 1.8.5-4etch3 |
| Debian 4.0 | ruby1.9 | 1.9.0+20060609-1etch3 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | irb | 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | ruby | 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | ruby-debuginfo | 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | ruby-devel | 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | ruby-docs | 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | ruby-libs | 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | ruby-mode | 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | ruby-tcltk | 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | ruby | 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | ruby-debuginfo | 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | ruby-devel | 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | ruby-docs | 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | ruby-irb | 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | ruby-libs | 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | ruby-mode | 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | ruby-rdoc | 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | ruby-ri | 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | ruby-tcltk | 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | ruby3.3 | 0:3.3.10-23.1.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | ruby3.3-bundled-gems | 0:3.3.10-23.1.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | ruby3.3-default-gems | 0:3.3.10-23.1.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | ruby3.3-devel | 0:3.3.10-23.1.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | ruby3.3-doc | 0:3.3.10-23.1.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | ruby3.3-libs | 0:3.3.10-23.1.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | ruby3.4 | 0:3.4.8-31.1.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | ruby3.4-bundled-gems | 0:3.4.8-31.1.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | ruby3.4-default-gems | 0:3.4.8-31.1.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | ruby3.4-devel | 0:3.4.8-31.1.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | ruby3.4-doc | 0:3.4.8-31.1.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | ruby3.4-libs | 0:3.4.8-31.1.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | ruby4.0 | 0:4.0.0-33.3.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | ruby4.0-bundled-gems | 0:4.0.0-33.3.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | ruby4.0-default-gems | 0:4.0.0-33.3.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | ruby4.0-devel | 0:4.0.0-33.3.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | ruby4.0-doc | 0:4.0.0-33.3.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | ruby4.0-libs | 0:4.0.0-33.3.hum1 |