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CVE-2008-3656 at MITRE

Description

Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in the WEBrick::HTTPUtils.split_header_value function in WEBrick::HTTP::DefaultFileHandler in WEBrick 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 context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted HTTP request that is processed by a backtracking regular expression.

NVD CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.8 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

Novell/SUSE information

Novell Bugzilla entry: 415678, 417219

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
Novell Linux Desktop 9 for x86
Novell Linux Desktop 9 for x86_64
Novell Linux POS 9
Open Enterprise Server
SUSE CORE 9 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T
SUSE CORE 9 for IBM POWER
SUSE CORE 9 for IBM S/390 31bit
SUSE CORE 9 for IBM zSeries 64bit
SUSE CORE 9 for Itanium Processor Family
SUSE CORE 9 for x86
  • ruby >= 1.8.1-42.27
 core9.s390
sles9-nld.x86
core9.x86-64
sles9-nlpos.x86
core9.ia64
core9.ppc
sles9-nld.x86-64
sles9-oes.x86
core9.x86
core9.s390x
YOU Patch Nr: 12452
openSUSE 10.3
  • ruby >= 1.8.6.p369-0.1
  • ruby-devel >= 1.8.6.p369-0.1
  • ruby-doc-html >= 1.8.6.p369-0.1
  • ruby-doc-ri >= 1.8.6.p369-0.1
  • ruby-examples >= 1.8.6.p369-0.1
  • ruby-test-suite >= 1.8.6.p369-0.1
  • ruby-tk >= 1.8.6.p369-0.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP2 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP2 for x86
  • ruby >= 1.8.6.p369-0.4
 sle10-sp2-sdk.x86-64
sled10-sp2.x86
sle10-sp2-sdk.s390x
sle10-sp2-sdk.x86
sle10-sp2-sdk.ppc
sle10-sp2-sdk.ia64
sled10-sp2.x86-64
ZYPP Patch Nr: 6338

List of products where fixes are in QA

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