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.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-3436 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-9qvm-2vhf-q649 RubyGems Regular Expression Denial of Service
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T16:38:01.886Z

Reserved: 2013-06-12T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2013-4363

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2013-10-17T23:55:04.440

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2013-4363

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2013-09-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2013-4363 - Bugzilla

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