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CVE-2013-4363

rubygems: version regex algorithmic complexity vulnerability, incomplete CVE-2013-4287 fix

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

2.6

CVSS 2.0

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Published · September 15, 2013

Updated · June 27, 2026

Description

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.

Statement

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of rubygems as shipped with various Red Hat products.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 2.6
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWE-1333 · Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity