Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 11, 2009· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2009-1904
CVE-2009-1904
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.
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Affected products
3Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
31- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cginvdPatch
- github.com/NZKoz/bigdecimal-segfault-fix/tree/masternvdPatch
- weblog.rubyonrails.org/2009/6/10/dos-vulnerability-in-ruby/nvdPatch
- www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2009/06/09/dos-vulnerability-in-bigdecimal/nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/794nvdExploitPatch
- secunia.com/advisories/35399nvdVendor Advisory
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cginvd
- groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/fad60751e2b9b4f6nvd
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.htmlnvd
- mail-index.netbsd.org/pkgsrc-changes/2009/06/10/msg024708.htmlnvd
- osvdb.org/55031nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/35527nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/35593nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/35699nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/35937nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/37705nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200906-02.xmlnvd
- slackware.com/security/viewer.phpnvd
- support.apple.com/kb/HT4077nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1140.htmlnvd
- www.ruby-forum.com/topic/189071nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/35278nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-805-1nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1563nvd
- bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/385436nvd
- bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2009-1904nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51032nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9780nvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00731.htmlnvd
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