CVE-2008-4310 - httputils.rb in WEBrick in Ruby 1.8.1 and 1.8.5, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5, allows

CVE-2008-4310

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.

References

Vulnerable Configurations

cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS

Base:	7.8 (as of 13-02-2023 - 02:19)
Impact:
Exploitability:

CWE

CWE-399

CAPEC

Access

Vector	Complexity	Authentication
NETWORK	LOW	NONE

Impact

Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
NONE	NONE	COMPLETE

cvss-vector via4

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

oval via4

accepted

2013-04-29T04:04:01.547-04:00

class

vulnerability

contributors

name Aharon Chernin
organization SCAP.com, LLC
name Dragos Prisaca
organization G2, Inc.

definition_extensions

comment The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11831
comment CentOS Linux 4.x
oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16636
comment Oracle Linux 4.x
oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15990
comment The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11414
comment The operating system installed on the system is CentOS Linux 5.x
oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15802
comment Oracle Linux 5.x
oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15459

description

family

unix

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10250

status

accepted

submitted

2010-07-09T03:56:16-04:00

title

version

redhat via4

advisories

bugzilla

id	470252
title	CVE-2008-4310 ruby: Incomplete fix for CVE-2008-3656

oval

comment Red Hat Enterprise Linux must be installed
oval oval:com.redhat.rhba:tst:20070304026

AND

comment Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 is installed
oval oval:com.redhat.rhba:tst:20070304025

AND
comment irb is earlier than 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.2
oval oval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20080981001
comment irb is signed with Red Hat master key
oval oval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20060427002
AND
comment ruby is earlier than 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.2
oval oval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20080981003
comment ruby is signed with Red Hat master key
oval oval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20060427004
AND
comment ruby-devel is earlier than 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.2
oval oval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20080981005
comment ruby-devel is signed with Red Hat master key
oval oval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20060427006
AND
comment ruby-docs is earlier than 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.2
oval oval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20080981007
comment ruby-docs is signed with Red Hat master key
oval oval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20060427008
AND
comment ruby-libs is earlier than 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.2
oval oval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20080981009
comment ruby-libs is signed with Red Hat master key
oval oval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20060427010
AND
comment ruby-mode is earlier than 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.2
oval oval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20080981011
comment ruby-mode is signed with Red Hat master key
oval oval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20060427012
AND
comment ruby-tcltk is earlier than 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.2
oval oval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20080981013
comment ruby-tcltk is signed with Red Hat master key
oval oval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20060427014

AND

comment Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is installed
oval oval:com.redhat.rhba:tst:20070331005

AND
comment ruby is earlier than 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.6
oval oval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20080981016
comment ruby is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease key
oval oval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20070965002
AND
comment ruby-devel is earlier than 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.6
oval oval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20080981018
comment ruby-devel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease key
oval oval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20070965004
AND
comment ruby-docs is earlier than 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.6
oval oval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20080981020
comment ruby-docs is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease key
oval oval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20070965006
AND
comment ruby-irb is earlier than 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.6
oval oval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20080981022
comment ruby-irb is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease key
oval oval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20070965008
AND
comment ruby-libs is earlier than 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.6
oval oval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20080981024
comment ruby-libs is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease key
oval oval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20070965010
AND
comment ruby-mode is earlier than 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.6
oval oval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20080981026
comment ruby-mode is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease key
oval oval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20070965012
AND
comment ruby-rdoc is earlier than 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.6
oval oval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20080981028
comment ruby-rdoc is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease key
oval oval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20070965014
AND
comment ruby-ri is earlier than 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.6
oval oval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20080981030
comment ruby-ri is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease key
oval oval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20070965016
AND
comment ruby-tcltk is earlier than 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.6
oval oval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20080981032
comment ruby-tcltk is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease key
oval oval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20070965018

rhsa

id	RHSA-2008:0981
released	2008-12-04
severity	Moderate
title	RHSA-2008:0981: ruby security update (Moderate)

rpms

irb-0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.2
ruby-0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.2
ruby-0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.6
ruby-debuginfo-0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.2
ruby-debuginfo-0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.6
ruby-devel-0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.2
ruby-devel-0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.6
ruby-docs-0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.2
ruby-docs-0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.6
ruby-irb-0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.6
ruby-libs-0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.2
ruby-libs-0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.6
ruby-mode-0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.2
ruby-mode-0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.6
ruby-rdoc-0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.6
ruby-ri-0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.6
ruby-tcltk-0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.2
ruby-tcltk-0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.6

refmap via4

confirm	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=470252
mlist	[oss-security] 20081204 ruby CVE-2008-4310 (Red Hat specific)
secunia	33013

Last major update

13-02-2023 - 02:19

Published

09-12-2008 - 00:30

Last modified

13-02-2023 - 02:19