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.
References (9)
Core 9
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1523.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1852.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1441.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0207.html
Patch mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/10/1
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/55381
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://blog.rubygems.org/2013/09/09/CVE-2013-4287.html
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4287
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1427.html
Scores
EPSS
0.0202
EPSS Percentile
84.0%
Details
CWE
CWE-310
Status
published
Products (34)
redhat/enterprise_linux
6.0
ruby-lang/ruby
1.9
ruby-lang/ruby
1.9.1
ruby-lang/ruby
1.9.2
ruby-lang/ruby
1.9.3 (10 CPE variants)
ruby-lang/ruby
2.0
ruby-lang/ruby
2.0.0 (8 CPE variants)
rubygems/rubygems
1.8.0
rubygems/rubygems
1.8.1
rubygems/rubygems
1.8.2
... and 24 more
Published
Oct 17, 2013
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026