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.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Osx Ruby | — | Upgrade macOS to the latest versionApply OS X security update 2010-002 | Dec 16, 2011 | Jun 11, 2009 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade rubyUpgrade ruby-modeUpgrade ruby-irbUpgrade ruby-tcltkUpgrade ruby-develUpgrade ruby-rdocUpgrade ruby-riUpgrade ruby-libsUpgrade ruby-docs | Dec 1, 2016 | Jun 11, 2009 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade ruby+pthreadsUpgrade ruby+onigurumaUpgrade ruby+pthreads+onigurumaUpgrade ruby | Dec 10, 2025 | Jun 13, 2009 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade dev-lang/ruby. | Oct 30, 2017 | Jun 11, 2009 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade ruby-tcltkUpgrade ruby-develUpgrade ruby-modeUpgrade ruby-rdocUpgrade ruby-irbUpgrade rubyUpgrade ruby-riUpgrade ruby-libsUpgrade ruby-docs | Oct 16, 2024 | Jun 11, 2009 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade ruby-doc-riUpgrade ruby-test-suiteUpgrade ruby-tkUpgrade rubyUpgrade ruby-examplesUpgrade ruby-doc-htmlUpgrade ruby-devel | Feb 17, 2015 | Jun 28, 2013 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libruby1.9Upgrade ruby1.8Upgrade ruby1.9Upgrade libruby1.8 | Nov 8, 2024 | Jun 11, 2009 |
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