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Ruby WEBrick::HTTP::DefaultFileHandler DoS

Disclosed	Created
08/08/2008	05/30/2018

Disclosed

08/08/2008

Created

05/30/2018

Description

The WEBrick::HTTP::DefaultFileHandler in WEBrick in
Ruby 1.8.5 and earlier, 1.8.6 to 1.8.6-p286, 1.8.7
to 1.8.7-p71, and 1.9 to r18423 allows for a DoS
(CPU consumption) via a crafted HTTP request.

Author

kris katterjohn

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Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands ‘show options’ or ‘show advanced’:

    msf > use auxiliary/dos/http/webrick_regex
    msf /(x) > show actions
        ...actions...
    msf /(x) > set ACTION < action-name >
    msf /(x) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf /(x) > run

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