class Dawn::Kb::CVE_2008_4310

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# File lib/dawn/kb/cve_2008_4310.rb, line 80
def initialize
  message = "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."

  super({
    :name=>"CVE-2008-4310",
    :cvss=>"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C",
    :release_date => Date.new(2008, 12, 9),
    :cwe=>"399",
    :owasp=>"A9", 
    :applies=>["sinatra", "padrino", "rails"],
    :kind=>Dawn::KnowledgeBase::COMBO_CHECK,
    :message=>message,
    :mitigation=>"Please upgrade your ruby interpreter",
    :aux_links=>["http://secunia.com/advisories/33013"],
    :checks=>[CVE_2008_4310_a.new, CVE_2008_4310_b.new]
  })

end