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Status published
High
CVE-2008-4310
httputils.rb in WEBrick in Ruby 1.8.1 and 1.8.5, as used...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
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Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Affected Vendor
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Vulnerable Versions:
1.8.1, 1.8.5
Timeline
Official Publish:
December 9th, 2008
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
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MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
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