CVE-2008-3656
CVE-2008-3656
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.
Affected products
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http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=494401http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.htmlhttp://secunia.com/advisories/31430http://secunia.com/advisories/31697http://secunia.com/advisories/32165http://secunia.com/advisories/32219http://secunia.com/advisories/32255http://secunia.com/advisories/32256http://secunia.com/advisories/32371http://secunia.com/advisories/33178http://secunia.com/advisories/35074http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-17.xml