CVE-2008-4310 (GCVE-0-2008-4310)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-12-09 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:08
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
5 references
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|---|---|
| http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-09… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
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| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/04/2 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/33013 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
Date Public
2008-12-04 00:00
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