CVE-2008-3443
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 15.68 % · percentile 97 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- mitre
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
The regular expression engine (regex.c) 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 remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and crash) via multiple long requests to a Ruby socket, related to memory allocation failure, and as demonstrated against Webrick.
Weaknesses (CWE)
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31430
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/651-1/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33185
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1695
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30682
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00299.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44688
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4158
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35074
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-424.htm
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021075
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0895.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0897.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33398
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32219
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6239
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/691-1/
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9570
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32371
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32165
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32372
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00259.html
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 2.0 | MEDIUM 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2008-3429
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2008-3443
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTA-2009-AVI-186 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Apple Mac OS X · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.1:-9:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.2:preview2:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.2:preview3:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.2:preview4:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.3:preview1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.3:preview2:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.3:preview3:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.4:preview1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.4:preview2:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.4:preview3:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.5:p11:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.5:p113:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.5:p114:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.5:p115:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.5:p12:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.5:p2:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.5:p231:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.5:p35:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.5:p52:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.5:preview1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.5:preview2:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.5:preview3:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.5:preview4:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.5:preview5:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.6:p110:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.6:p111:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.6:p114:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.6:p230:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.6:p286:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.6:p36:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.6:preview1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.6:preview2:*:*:*:*:*:*- +11 more
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| affected n/a |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |