| Name | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-1860-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 532689, 575778 |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ruby1.8 | source | etch | 1.8.5-4etch5 | DSA-1860-1 | ||
| ruby1.8 | source | lenny | 1.8.7.72-3lenny1 | DSA-1860-1 | ||
| ruby1.8 | source | (unstable) | 1.8.7.173-1 | low | 532689 | |
| ruby1.9 | source | etch | 1.9.0+20060609-1etch5 | DSA-1860-1 | ||
| ruby1.9 | source | lenny | 1.9.0.2-9lenny1 | DSA-1860-1 | ||
| ruby1.9 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | 575778 |
http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2009/06/09/dos-vulnerability-in-bigdecimal/