Unscored severity · published Dec 9, 2008
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 remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted…
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CVSS
13.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)13.6% · higher than 96% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RU
Ruby · Ruby-lang
1.8.1; 1.8.5 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4310
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4310
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33013
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/04/2
www.redhat.com
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0981.html
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=470252
oval.cisecurity.org
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10250
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