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CVE-2013-4287 (rubygems-update): CVE-2013-4287 rubygems: version regex algorithmic complexity vulnerability

ADVISORIES

GEM

rubygems-update

LIBRARY

RubyGems

SEVERITY

CVSS v2.0: 4.3 (Medium)

PATCHED VERSIONS

  • ~> 1.8.23.1
  • ~> 1.8.26
  • ~> 2.0.8
  • >= 2.1.0

DESCRIPTION

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.