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ALPINE-CVE-2018-8777

ALPINE-CVE-2018-8777 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.5 HIGH

In Ruby before 2.2.10, 2.3.x before 2.3.7, 2.4.x before 2.4.4, 2.5.x before 2.5.1, and 2.6.0-preview1, an attacker can pass a large HTTP request with a crafted header to WEBrick server or a crafted body to WEBrick server/handler and cause a denial of service (memory consumption).

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.0
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Alpine:v3.12ruby1.9.3_p286-r1, *, 2.4.1-r3
Alpine:v3.16ruby2.2.4-r0, 2.2.0, 0
Alpine:v3.5ruby*, 2.2.0, 0
Alpine:v3.17ruby1.8.7_p299-r0, 1.8.7_p299-r1, 1.8.7_p299-r2
Alpine:v3.7ruby2.3.3-r3, 2.2.0, 0
Alpine:v3.4ruby*, *, *
Alpine:v3.13ruby2.2.4-r0, 2.2.3-r1, 2.3.3-r2
Alpine:v3.15ruby2.3.1-r0, 0, 1.8.7
Alpine:v3.14ruby2.1.5-r0, 2.0.0_p481-r0, 2.0.0_p353-r2
Alpine:v3.20ruby2.2.0, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.11ruby1.8.7_p174-r3, 0, 1.8.7
Alpine:v3.21ruby0, 2.2.0, 0
Alpine:v3.24ruby0, 2.2.0
Alpine:v3.22ruby0, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.6ruby2.0.0, 2.0.0, 1.9.3
Alpine:v3.8ruby0, 0, 1.8.7
Alpine:v3.19ruby2.0.0_p247-r2, 2.0.0_p247-r0, 2.0.0_p195-r0
Alpine:v3.23ruby0, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.9ruby0, 2.2.0, 0
Alpine:v3.18ruby2.0.0_p247-r2, 1.8.7, 1.8.7

…and 1 more

Timeline

  • Apr 3, 2018 CVE Published
  • Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
  • Jul 8, 2026 CVE Updated
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