CVE-2008-3443 (GCVE-0-2008-3443)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-08-14 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 09:37
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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https://usn.ubuntu.com/651-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://secunia.com/advisories/33185 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1695 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30682 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4158 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://secunia.com/advisories/35074 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021075 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-08… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-08… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://secunia.com/advisories/33398 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/32219 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6239 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
https://usn.ubuntu.com/691-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
http://secunia.com/advisories/32371 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/32165 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/32372 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
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Taxonomy of the tags.


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Sightings

Author Source Type Date

Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.


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Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.

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