CVE-2008-3443

ruby: Memory allocation failure in Ruby regex engine (remotely exploitable DoS)

Published Aug 14, 2008 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 15.7% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1695-1 New Ruby packages fix denial of service
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-651-1 Ruby vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-691-1 Ruby vulnerability
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 9:37 AM
Reserved
Aug 1, 2008, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Aug 14, 2008, 11:41 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:55 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Aug 14, 2008, 12:00 AM