Release Date: | 2013-09-09 |
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.
See more information about CVE-2013-4287 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
Base Score: | 2.6 | Base Metrics: | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Access Vector: | Network | Attack Complexity: | High |
Authentication: | None required | Confidentiality Impact: | None |
Integrity Impact: | None | Availability Impact: | Partial |
Platform | Errata | Release Date |
Oracle Linux version 6 (rubygems) | ELSA-2013-1441 | 2013-10-17 |
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