CVE-2013-4363
rubygems: version regex algorithmic complexity vulnerability, incomplete CVE-2013-4287 fix
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
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
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 2.6AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CWE-1333 · Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity