CVE-2009-1904
Ruby BigDecimal Denial of Service (DoS) Vulnerability
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.
INFO
Published Date :
June 11, 2009, 9:30 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 1:03 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.9
Exploitability Score :
10.0
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2009-1904 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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CVE-2009-1904.
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CVE-2009-1904 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2009-1904 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=532689 Added Reference http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=273213 Added Reference http://github.com/NZKoz/bigdecimal-segfault-fix/tree/master Added Reference http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/fad60751e2b9b4f6?dmode=source Added Reference http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html Added Reference http://mail-index.netbsd.org/pkgsrc-changes/2009/06/10/msg024708.html Added Reference http://osvdb.org/55031 Added Reference http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/794 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/35399 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/35527 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/35593 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/35699 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/35937 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/37705 Added Reference http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200906-02.xml Added Reference http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.430805 Added Reference http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077 Added Reference http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2009/6/10/dos-vulnerability-in-ruby/ Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:160 Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1140.html Added Reference http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/189071 Added Reference http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2009/06/09/dos-vulnerability-in-bigdecimal/ Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35278 Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022371 Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-805-1 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1563 Added Reference https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/385436 Added Reference https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2009-1904 Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51032 Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9780 Added Reference https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00731.html -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 29, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9780 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9780 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 17, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/51032 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51032 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jun. 12, 2009
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2009-1904 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
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stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2009-1904
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Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
2.32 }} -0.11%
score
0.89418
percentile