Oval Definition:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9780
Revision Date:2013-04-29Version:12
Title: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.
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.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:ACCEPTEDReference(s):CVE-2009-1904
Platform(s):CentOS Linux 4
CentOS Linux 5
Oracle Linux 4
Oracle Linux 5
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • OS Section: RHEL4, CentOS4, Oracle Linux 4
  • RHEL4, CentOS4 or Oracle Linux 4
  • The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
  • OR CentOS Linux 4.x
  • OR Oracle Linux 4.x
  • AND Configuration section
  • ruby-mode is earlier than 0:1.8.1-7.el4_8.3
  • OR ruby-docs is earlier than 0:1.8.1-7.el4_8.3
  • OR ruby-devel is earlier than 0:1.8.1-7.el4_8.3
  • OR ruby-tcltk is earlier than 0:1.8.1-7.el4_8.3
  • OR ruby is earlier than 0:1.8.1-7.el4_8.3
  • OR irb is earlier than 0:1.8.1-7.el4_8.3
  • OR ruby-libs is earlier than 0:1.8.1-7.el4_8.3
  • OR OS Section: RHEL5, CentOS5, Oracle Linux 5
  • RHEL5, CentOS5 or Oracle Linux 5
  • The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • OR The operating system installed on the system is CentOS Linux 5.x
  • OR Oracle Linux 5.x
  • AND Configuration section
  • ruby-ri is earlier than 0:1.8.5-5.el5_3.7
  • OR ruby-mode is earlier than 0:1.8.5-5.el5_3.7
  • OR ruby-docs is earlier than 0:1.8.5-5.el5_3.7
  • OR ruby-devel is earlier than 0:1.8.5-5.el5_3.7
  • OR ruby is earlier than 0:1.8.5-5.el5_3.7
  • OR ruby-libs is earlier than 0:1.8.5-5.el5_3.7
  • OR ruby-tcltk is earlier than 0:1.8.5-5.el5_3.7
  • OR ruby-irb is earlier than 0:1.8.5-5.el5_3.7
  • OR ruby-rdoc is earlier than 0:1.8.5-5.el5_3.7
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