CVE - CVE-2009-1904

CVE-ID
CVE-2009-1904	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
Note: References are provided for the convenience of the reader to help distinguish between vulnerabilities. The list is not intended to be complete.
MLIST:[pkgsrc-changes] 20090610 CVS commit: pkgsrc/lang/ruby18-base URL:http://mail-index.netbsd.org/pkgsrc-changes/2009/06/10/msg024708.html MLIST:[rubyonrails-security] 20090610 DoS Vulnerability in Ruby (CVE-2009-1904) URL:http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/fad60751e2b9b4f6?dmode=source CONFIRM:http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=532689 CONFIRM:http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=273213 CONFIRM:http://github.com/NZKoz/bigdecimal-segfault-fix/tree/master CONFIRM:http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/794 CONFIRM:http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2009/6/10/dos-vulnerability-in-ruby/ CONFIRM:http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/189071 CONFIRM:http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2009/06/09/dos-vulnerability-in-bigdecimal/ CONFIRM:https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/385436 CONFIRM:https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2009-1904 CONFIRM:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077 APPLE:APPLE-SA-2010-03-29-1 URL:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html FEDORA:FEDORA-2009-13066 URL:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00731.html GENTOO:GLSA-200906-02 URL:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200906-02.xml MANDRIVA:MDVSA-2009:160 URL:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:160 REDHAT:RHSA-2009:1140 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1140.html SLACKWARE:SSA:2009-170-02 URL:http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.430805 UBUNTU:USN-805-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-805-1 BID:35278 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35278 OSVDB:55031 URL:http://osvdb.org/55031 OVAL:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9780 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9780 SECTRACK:1022371 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022371 SECUNIA:35399 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/35399 SECUNIA:35527 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/35527 SECUNIA:35699 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/35699 SECUNIA:35593 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/35593 SECUNIA:35937 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/35937 SECUNIA:37705 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/37705 VUPEN:ADV-2009-1563 URL:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1563 XF:ruby-bigdecimal-dos(51032) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51032
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Date Entry Created
20090603	Disclaimer: The entry creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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