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CVE-2009-1904

Published: Jun 11, 2009

Modified: Aug 7, 2024

PUBLISHED

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.

VendorProductVersions

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affected
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References

ADV-2009-1563
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
35937
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
35593
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
RHSA-2009:1140
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
1022371
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9780
vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_OVAL
APPLE-SA-2010-03-29-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_APPLE
35399
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
USN-805-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
FEDORA-2009-13066
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
55031
vdb-entry
x_refsource_OSVDB
35278
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
37705
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
35699
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
GLSA-200906-02
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
MDVSA-2009:160
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MANDRIVA
ruby-bigdecimal-dos(51032)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
35527
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
SSA:2009-170-02
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SLACKWARE

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