sentry-raven allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large exponent value in a scientific number

MEDIO 5.0CVE-2014-9490 · GHSA-c9c5-9fpr-m882 · Published 20/01/2015 · updated 17/06/2026

In breve

CVE-2014-9490 è una vulnerabilità MEDIO (CVSS 5.0) che riguarda sentry-raven, raven-ruby (getsentry).
Probabilità di sfruttamento nei prossimi 30 giorni (EPSS): 2.4%, superiore al 84.2% delle vulnerabilità.
Correzione: aggiornare a 0.12.2 o successiva.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
sentry-raven RubyGems	`< 0.12.2`	`0.12.2`
raven-ruby getsentry	`≤ 0.12.1`	No fix yet

Description

The numtok function in lib/raven/okjson.rb in the raven-ruby gem before 0.12.2 for Ruby allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large exponent value in a scientific number.

NVD description

The numtok function in lib/raven/okjson.rb in the raven-ruby gem before 0.12.2 for Ruby allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large exponent value in a scientific number.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9490 · ADVISORY
getsentry/raven-ruby commit 477ee93 · WEB
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99687 · WEB
getsentry/raven-ruby · PACKAGE
rubysec/ruby-advisory-db · WEB
groups.google.com/forum · WEB
seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/26 · WEB
groups.google.com/forum

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