gsd-2008-3443
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:23
Details
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.
Aliases
Aliases
CVE-2008-3443


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              "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44688"
            },
            {
              "name": "6239",
              "refsource": "EXPLOIT-DB",
              "tags": [],
              "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6239"
            },
            {
              "name": "oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9570",
              "refsource": "OVAL",
              "tags": [],
              "url": "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9570"
            },
            {
              "name": "USN-691-1",
              "refsource": "UBUNTU",
              "tags": [],
              "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/691-1/"
            },
            {
              "name": "USN-651-1",
              "refsource": "UBUNTU",
              "tags": [],
              "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/651-1/"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "impact": {
        "baseMetricV2": {
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            "accessVector": "NETWORK",
            "authentication": "NONE",
            "availabilityImpact": "PARTIAL",
            "baseScore": 5.0,
            "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
            "integrityImpact": "NONE",
            "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P",
            "version": "2.0"
          },
          "exploitabilityScore": 10.0,
          "impactScore": 2.9,
          "obtainAllPrivilege": false,
          "obtainOtherPrivilege": false,
          "obtainUserPrivilege": false,
          "severity": "MEDIUM",
          "userInteractionRequired": false
        }
      },
      "lastModifiedDate": "2018-10-03T21:55Z",
      "publishedDate": "2008-08-14T23:41Z"
    }
  }
}


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