CVE-2008-4310 (GCVE-0-2008-4310)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-12-09 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:08
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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.
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http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-09… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=470252 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
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
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