CVE-2009-1904 | BDVDB-2026-36997 Detail
Description#
The BigDecimal library in Ruby 1.8.6 before p369 and 1.8.7 before p173 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a string argument that represents a large number, as demonstrated by an attempted conversion to the Float data type.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1563
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35937
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35593
- http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2009/06/09/dos-vulnerability-in-bigdecimal/
- http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/794
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2009-1904
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=532689
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1140.html
- http://mail-index.netbsd.org/pkgsrc-changes/2009/06/10/msg024708.html
- http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/fad60751e2b9b4f6?dmode=source
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022371
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9780
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35399
- http://github.com/NZKoz/bigdecimal-segfault-fix/tree/master
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- http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2009/6/10/dos-vulnerability-in-ruby/
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-805-1
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00731.html
- http://osvdb.org/55031
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35278
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=273213
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37705
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35699
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/385436
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200906-02.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:160
- http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/189071
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51032
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35527
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.430805
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.