CVE-2008-4310

Ruby 1.9 - 'WEBrick::HTTP::DefaultFileHandler' Crafted HTTP Request Denial of Service

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

El archivo httputils.rb en WEBrick en Ruby versiones 1.8.1 y 1.8.5, tal y como es usado en versiones 4 y 5 de Red Hat Enterprise Linux, permite a los atacantes remotos causar una denegación de servicio (consumo de CPU) por medio de una petición HTTP diseñada. NOTA: este problema se presenta debido a una corrección incompleta del CVE-2008-3656.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2008-08-11 First Exploit
2008-09-29 CVE Reserved
2008-12-09 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-399: Resource Management Errors

CAPEC

References (7)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/04/2	Mailing List
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10250	Signature

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32222	2008-08-11

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://secunia.com/advisories/33013	2023-11-07
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0981.html	2023-11-07
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=470252	2008-12-04
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-4310	2008-12-04

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Ruby-lang Search vendor "Ruby-lang"		Ruby Search vendor "Ruby-lang" for product "Ruby"				1.8.1 Search vendor "Ruby-lang" for product "Ruby" and version "1.8.1"		-		Affected
Ruby-lang Search vendor "Ruby-lang"		Ruby Search vendor "Ruby-lang" for product "Ruby"				1.8.5 Search vendor "Ruby-lang" for product "Ruby" and version "1.8.5"		-		Affected