Vulnerability Details : CVE-2009-1904
Potential exploit
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.
Vulnerability category: Denial of service
Products affected by CVE-2009-1904
- cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Threat overview for CVE-2009-1904
Top countries where our scanners detected CVE-2009-1904
Top open port discovered on systems with this issue
443
IPs affected by CVE-2009-1904 1,768
Threat actors abusing to this issue?
Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-1904
5.71%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 90 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2009-1904
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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5.0
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MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
10.0
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2.9
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NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2009-1904
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Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2009-1904
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/385436
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http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2009/6/10/dos-vulnerability-in-ruby/
Patch
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http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/fad60751e2b9b4f6?dmode=source
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1563
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2009-1904
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http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/794
Exploit;Patch
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https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51032
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http://github.com/NZKoz/bigdecimal-segfault-fix/tree/master
Patch
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http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1140.html
Support
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http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-805-1
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http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022371
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http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2009/06/09/dos-vulnerability-in-bigdecimal/
Patch;Vendor Advisory
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http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=532689
Patch
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http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.430805
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077
About the security content of Security Update 2010-002 / Mac OS X v10.6.3 - Apple Support
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35278
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http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/189071
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https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00731.html
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200906-02.xml
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http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:160
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http://mail-index.netbsd.org/pkgsrc-changes/2009/06/10/msg024708.html
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http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
Apple - Lists.apple.com
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=273213
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https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9780
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