MitreCVE-2009-1904CVE-2009-1904
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
90.2%
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.
Affected configurations
References
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=532689
bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=273213
github.com/NZKoz/bigdecimal-segfault-fix/tree/master
groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/fad60751e2b9b4f6?dmode=source
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
mail-index.netbsd.org/pkgsrc-changes/2009/06/10/msg024708.html
osvdb.org/55031
redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/794
secunia.com/advisories/35399
secunia.com/advisories/35527
secunia.com/advisories/35593
secunia.com/advisories/35699
secunia.com/advisories/35937
secunia.com/advisories/37705
security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200906-02.xml
slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.430805
support.apple.com/kb/HT4077
weblog.rubyonrails.org/2009/6/10/dos-vulnerability-in-ruby/
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:160
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1140.html
www.ruby-forum.com/topic/189071
www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2009/06/09/dos-vulnerability-in-bigdecimal/
www.securityfocus.com/bid/35278
www.securitytracker.com/id?1022371
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-805-1
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1563
bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/385436
bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2009-1904
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51032
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9780
www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00731.html
Related
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
90.2%