ghsa-prwc-wj59-8vwr
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-02 03:29
Modified
2022-05-02 03:29
Details

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": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2009-1904"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2009-06-11T21:30:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-prwc-wj59-8vwr",
  "modified": "2022-05-02T03:29:43Z",
  "published": "2022-05-02T03:29:43Z",
  "references": [
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1904"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/385436"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2009-1904"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51032"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9780"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00731.html"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=532689"
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      "type": "WEB",
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      "url": "http://github.com/NZKoz/bigdecimal-segfault-fix/tree/master"
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      "type": "WEB",
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    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://mail-index.netbsd.org/pkgsrc-changes/2009/06/10/msg024708.html"
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    {
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/794"
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      "type": "WEB",
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    {
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/35593"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/35699"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/35937"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/37705"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200906-02.xml"
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      "type": "WEB",
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077"
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      "url": "http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2009/6/10/dos-vulnerability-in-ruby"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:160"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1140.html"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/189071"
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      "url": "http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2009/06/09/dos-vulnerability-in-bigdecimal"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35278"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022371"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-805-1"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1563"
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  "severity": []
}


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