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ELSA-2008-0897 Moderate: Enterprise Linux ruby security update

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ELSA-2008-0897 Moderate: Enterprise Linux ruby security update

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
08/12/2008
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/20/2011
Modified
07/04/2017

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.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-irb
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-ruby
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-ruby-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-ruby-docs
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-ruby-irb
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-ruby-libs
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-ruby-mode
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-ruby-rdoc
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-ruby-ri
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-ruby-tcltk

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