CVE catalog
CVE-2009-1904
ruby1.8 ruby1.9 - several issues
- Severity
- Unknown
- Published
- Updated
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 12.78% · Oct 25, 2026
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. ruby: DoS vulnerability in BigDecimal The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | ruby1.9 | 4.0 | 1.9.0+20060609-1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | ruby1.9 | 4.0 | 1.9.0+20060609-1etch1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | ruby1.9 | 4.0 | 1.9.0+20060609-1etch2 | vulnerable |
| Debian | ruby1.9 | 4.0 | 1.9.0+20060609-1etch3 | vulnerable |
| Debian | ruby1.9 | 4.0 | 1.9.0+20060609-1etch4 | vulnerable |
| Debian | ruby1.9 | 4.0 | 1.9.0+20060609-1etch5 | fixed |
| Debian | ruby1.8 | 4.0 | 1.8.5-4 | vulnerable |
| Debian | ruby1.8 | 4.0 | 1.8.5-4etch1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | ruby1.8 | 4.0 | 1.8.5-4etch2 | vulnerable |
| Debian | ruby1.8 | 4.0 | 1.8.5-4etch3 | vulnerable |
| Debian | ruby1.8 | 4.0 | 1.8.5-4etch4 | vulnerable |
| Debian | ruby1.8 | 4.0 | 1.8.5-4etch5 | fixed |
| Debian | ruby1.8 | 5.0 | 1.8.7.72-3 | vulnerable |
| Debian | ruby1.8 | 5.0 | 1.8.7.72-3lenny1 | fixed |
| Debian | ruby1.9 | 5.0 | 1.9.0.2-9 | vulnerable |
| Debian | ruby1.9 | 5.0 | 1.9.0.2-9lenny1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | ruby1.9 | deb | 4.0 | 1.9.0+20060609-1etch5 | Not reported | DSA-1860-1 | Not reported |
| Debian | ruby1.8 | deb | 4.0 | 1.8.5-4etch5 | Not reported | DSA-1860-1 | Not reported |
| Debian | ruby1.8 | deb | 5.0 | 1.8.7.72-3lenny1 | Not reported | DSA-1860-1 | Not reported |
| Debian | ruby1.9 | deb | 5.0 | 1.9.0.2-9lenny1 | Not reported | DSA-1860-1 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
No matching packages in this catalog.
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