Red Hat Security AdvisoryRHSA-2008:0981
ruby security update
Released 2008-12-04 · Red Hat rating Moderate · View on Red Hat →
Fixed in
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) ruby-1.8.5-5.el5_2.6, ruby-1.8.5-5.el5_2.6.i386, ruby-1.8.5-5.el5_2.6.ia64 +33
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 irb-1.8.1-7.el4_7.2, irb-1.8.1-7.el4_7.2.i386, irb-1.8.1-7.el4_7.2.ia64 +25
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) ruby-1.8.5-5.el5_2.6, ruby-1.8.5-5.el5_2.6.i386, ruby-docs-1.8.5-5.el5_2.6 +11
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) ruby-1.8.5-5.el5_2.6, ruby-devel-1.8.5-5.el5_2.6, ruby-devel-1.8.5-5.el5_2.6.i386 +2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 irb-1.8.1-7.el4_7.2, irb-1.8.1-7.el4_7.2.i386, ruby-1.8.1-7.el4_7.2 +11
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 irb-1.8.1-7.el4_7.2, irb-1.8.1-7.el4_7.2.i386, irb-1.8.1-7.el4_7.2.ia64 +18
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 irb-1.8.1-7.el4_7.2, irb-1.8.1-7.el4_7.2.i386, irb-1.8.1-7.el4_7.2.ia64 +18
Fixes 1 record
Priority MEDIUM 49
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.
CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.8· Network · No auth · Interaction — · EPSS 0.13553 · Published 2008-12-09 · Fixed in 1.3.1 CWE-399
