CVE - CVE-2013-4363

CVE-ID
CVE-2013-4363	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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MLIST:[oss-security] 20130915 Re: CVE-2013-4287 Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in RubyGems 2.0.7 and older URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/14/3 MLIST:[oss-security] 20130918 Re: CVE-2013-4287 Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in RubyGems 2.0.7 and older URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/18/8 MLIST:[oss-security] 20130920 Re: CVE-2013-4287 Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in RubyGems 2.0.7 and older URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/20/1 CONFIRM:http://blog.rubygems.org/2013/09/24/CVE-2013-4363.html CONFIRM:https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4363
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Date Entry Created
20130612	Disclaimer: The entry creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20130612)
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