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.
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Remediation
No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.
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Tracking
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
Debian DSA |
DSA-1695-1 | New Ruby packages fix denial of service |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-651-1 | Ruby vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-691-1 | Ruby vulnerability |
References
History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T09:37:26.963Z
Reserved: 2008-08-01T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2008-3443
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Status : Modified
Published: 2008-08-14T23:41:00.000
Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467
Link: CVE-2008-3443
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
Debian DSA
Ubuntu USN