CVE-2008-3443
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CVE-2008-3443 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. The regular expression engine (regex.c) 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 remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and crash) via multiple long requests to a Ruby socket, related to memory allocation failure, and as demonstrated against Webrick.. EPSS estimates a 15.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
The regular expression engine (regex.c) 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 remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and crash) via multiple long requests to a Ruby socket, related to memory allocation failure, and as demonstrated against Webrick.
Metrics
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ruby-Lang | Ruby | 1.6.8 |
| Ruby-Lang | Ruby | 1.8.0 |
| Ruby-Lang | Ruby | 1.8.1 |
| Ruby-Lang | Ruby | 1.8.2 |
| Ruby-Lang | Ruby | 1.8.3 |
| Ruby-Lang | Ruby | 1.8.4 |
| Ruby-Lang | Ruby | 1.8.5 |
| Ruby-Lang | Ruby | 1.8.6 |
| Ruby-Lang | Ruby | 1.8.7 |
| Ruby-Lang | Ruby | 1.9.0 |
References
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.htmlUS Government Resource
Timeline
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- Status
- Modified
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