CVE-2013-4363
mediumpriority · track · 18EPSS 0.017 · 77 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in Gem::Version::ANCHORED_VERSION_PATTERN in lib/rubygems/version.rb in RubyGems before 1.8.23.2, 1.8.24 through 1.8.26, 2.0.x before 2.0.10, and 2.1.x before 2.1.5, 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. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-4287.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.7–4.3
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affected products (53)
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advisories (1)
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- GHSA-9qvm-2vhf-q649RubyGems Regular Expression Denial of Service2022-05-17ghsa · osvUS
Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in `Gem::Version::ANCHORED_VERSION_PATTERN` in `lib/rubygems/version.rb` in RubyGems before 1.8.23.2, 1.8.24 through 1.8.26, 2.0.x before 2.0.10, and 2.1.x before 2.1.5, 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. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-4287.
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references (15)
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- http://blog.rubygems.org/2013/09/24/CVE-2013-4363.htmlcnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/14/3cnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/18/8cnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/20/1cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62442cnnvd
- http://blog.rubygems.org/2013/09/24/CVE-2013-4363.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/14/3enisa_euvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/18/8enisa_euvd
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