CVE-2013-4287

 

Published at: - 18-10-2013 01:55

Last modified: - 03-10-2022 07:18

Total changes: - 2

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.

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

 

Verification logic

 

Reference

• RHSA-2013:1427-Vendor Advisory
• http://blog.rubygems.org/2013/09/09/CVE-2013-4287.html
• [oss-security] 20130909 CVE-2013-4287 Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in RubyGems 2.0.7 and older-Patch
• 55381-
• RHSA-2013:1441-
• RHSA-2013:1523-
• RHSA-2013:1852-
• RHSA-2014:0207-
• https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4287

 

Keywords

NVD

 

CVE-2013-4287

 

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Common vulnerabilities & exposures

 

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