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.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2008-08-13T01:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-07T09:45:18.986Z
Reserved: 2008-08-12T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2008-3656
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2008-08-13T01:41:00.000
Modified: 2018-10-11T20:48:59.040
Link: CVE-2008-3656
Redhat