CVE-2008-4310

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

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v2

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

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 7.8

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
2023-03-07 EPSS Updated
2024-08-07 CVE 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