CVE-2008-3443
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Aug 14, 2008
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Aug 1, 2008
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- 31430third-party-advisory
- USN-651-1vendor-advisory
- 33185third-party-advisory
- DSA-1695vendor-advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549
- 30682vdb-entry
- FEDORA-2008-8736vendor-advisory
- ruby-regex-dos(44688)vdb-entry
- 4158third-party-advisory
- 35074third-party-advisory
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-424.htm
- 1021075vdb-entry
- APPLE-SA-2009-05-12vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2008:0895vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2008:0897vendor-advisory
- 33398third-party-advisory
- 32219third-party-advisory
- 6239exploit
- TA09-133Athird-party-advisory
- ADV-2009-1297vdb-entry
- USN-691-1vendor-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9570vdb-entrysignature
- 32371third-party-advisory
- 32165third-party-advisory
- 32372third-party-advisory
- FEDORA-2008-8738vendor-advisory
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