Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in the WEBrick::HTTPUtils.split_header_value function in WEBrick::HTTP::DefaultFileHandler in WEBrick in Ruby 1.8.5 and earlier, 1.8.6 through 1.8.6-p286, 1.8.7 through 1.8.7-p71, and 1.9 through r18423 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted HTTP request that is processed by a backtracking regular expression.
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Information
Published : 2008-08-12 18:41
Updated : 2018-10-11 13:48
NVD link : CVE-2008-3656
Mitre link : CVE-2008-3656
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CWE
CWE-399
Resource Management Errors
Products Affected
ruby-lang
- ruby