7.8

CVE-2008-4310: ruby-lang ruby Resource Management Errors

CVSS: 7.8v2.0HighModified
AliasesRHSA-2008:0981GHSA-wfrc-r6c6-7j9r
Published 09-12-2008Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-4310 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in ruby-lang ruby. EPSS estimates a 13.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
44/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
13.55%
0%100%
Medium · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1exploit-database

Timeline

  1. 09-12-2008
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-3656.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

13.55%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

96%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 13.55% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
13.55%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • exploit-databasedosmultipleVerified

    Ruby 1.9 - 'WEBrick::HTTP::DefaultFileHandler' Crafted HTTP Request Denial of Service

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Redhat11 products
  • irb< 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.2
  • ruby< 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.2 | < 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.6
  • ruby-debuginfo< 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.2 | < 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.6
  • ruby-devel< 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.2 | < 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.6
  • ruby-docs< 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.2 | < 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.6
Ruby-lang1 product
RubyGems1 product
  • webrick< 1.3.1

3 vendors · 13 products

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