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Ruby WEBrick::HTTP::DefaultFileHandler DoS

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Disclosed
2008-08-08
Created
2018-05-30

Description

The WEBrick::HTTP::DefaultFileHandler in WEBrick in
Ruby 1.8.5 and earlier, 1.8.6 to 1.8.6-p286, 1.8.7
to 1.8.7-p71, and 1.9 to r18423 allows for a DoS
(CPU consumption) via a crafted HTTP request.

Author

kris katterjohn katterjohn@gmail.com

References

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands ‘show options’ or ‘show advanced’:


    msf > use auxiliary/dos/http/webrick_regex
    msf auxiliary(webrick_regex) > show actions
        ...actions...
    msf auxiliary(webrick_regex) > set ACTION < action-name >
    msf auxiliary(webrick_regex) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf auxiliary(webrick_regex) > run
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