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CVE-2013-4287

Published: Oct 17, 2013 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
2.6 MODERATE
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4287
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/310.html

Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in Gem::Version::VERSION_PATTERN in lib/rubygems/version.rb in RubyGems before 1.8.23.1, 1.8.24 through 1.8.25, 2.0.x before 2.0.8, and 2.1.x before 2.1.0, as used in Ruby 1.9.0 through 2.0.0p247, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted gem version that triggers a large amount of backtracking in a regular expression.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Enterprise_linuxRedhat6.0 (including)6.0 (including)
OpenStack 3 for RHEL 6RedHatruby193-ruby-0:1.9.3.448-40.el6*
OpenStack 3 for RHEL 6RedHatruby193-rubygems-0:1.8.24-9.el6ost*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatrubygems-0:1.3.7-4.el6_4*
Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2RedHatcumin-0:0.1.5787-4.el6*
Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2RedHatrubygems-0:1.8.23.2-1.el6*
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2.0RedHatrubygems-0:1.8.24-5.el6op*
Red Hat Software Collections for RHEL-6RedHatruby193-ruby-0:1.9.3.448-40.el6*
JrubyUbuntudevel*
JrubyUbuntulucid*
JrubyUbuntuprecise*
JrubyUbuntuquantal*
JrubyUbunturaring*
Ruby1.9.1Ubuntudevel*
Ruby1.9.1Ubuntulucid*
Ruby1.9.1Ubuntuprecise*
Ruby1.9.1Ubuntuquantal*
Ruby1.9.1Ubunturaring*
RubygemsUbuntudevel*
RubygemsUbuntuprecise*
RubygemsUbuntuquantal*
RubygemsUbunturaring*

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