| Revision Date: | 2013-04-29 | Version: | 12 | | Title: | 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. | | Description: | 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. | | Family: | unix | Class: | vulnerability | | Status: | ACCEPTED | Reference(s): | CVE-2008-3656
| | Platform(s): | CentOS Linux 4
CentOS Linux 5
Oracle Linux 4
Oracle Linux 5
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
| Product(s): | | | Definition Synopsis | | OS Section: RHEL4, CentOS4, Oracle Linux 4 RHEL4, CentOS4 or Oracle Linux 4
The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
OR CentOS Linux 4.x
OR Oracle Linux 4.x
AND Configuration section
ruby-mode is earlier than 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
OR ruby-docs is earlier than 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
OR ruby-devel is earlier than 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
OR ruby-tcltk is earlier than 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
OR ruby is earlier than 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
OR irb is earlier than 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
OR ruby-libs is earlier than 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
OR OS Section: RHEL5, CentOS5, Oracle Linux 5
RHEL5, CentOS5 or Oracle Linux 5
The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
OR The operating system installed on the system is CentOS Linux 5.x
OR Oracle Linux 5.x
AND Configuration section
ruby-ri is earlier than 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5
OR ruby-mode is earlier than 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5
OR ruby-docs is earlier than 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5
OR ruby-devel is earlier than 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5
OR ruby is earlier than 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5
OR ruby-libs is earlier than 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5
OR ruby-tcltk is earlier than 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5
OR ruby-irb is earlier than 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5
OR ruby-rdoc is earlier than 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5
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