CVE-2013-4287

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.

Risk Information

Base Score

7.5

MODERATE

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

2.017

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
Vulnerabilities CVE-2013-4287 are fixed in Ruby-rubygems-update 1.8.23.1	Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2013-4287 are fixed in Ruby-rubygems-update 1.8.26	Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2013-4287 are fixed in Ruby-rubygems-update 2.0.8	Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2013-4287 are fixed in Ruby-rubygems-update 2.1.0	Windows
(RHSA-2013:1441) Moderate: rubygems security update rubygems-1.3.7-4.el6_4.noarch.rpm	Linux
Vulnerabilities CVE-2013-4287 are fixed in Ruby-rubygems-update for Linux 1.8.23.1	Linux
Vulnerabilities CVE-2013-4287 are fixed in Ruby-rubygems-update for Linux 1.8.26	Linux
Vulnerabilities CVE-2013-4287 are fixed in Ruby-rubygems-update for Linux 2.0.8	Linux
Vulnerabilities CVE-2013-4287 are fixed in Ruby-rubygems-update for Linux 2.1.0	Linux

Patch Details

No records found

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234