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.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2013-4287 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
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and maintenance life cycle. This has been rated as having Moderate security
impact and is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For
additional information, refer to the Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise Life Cycle:
https://access.redhat.com/site/support/policy/updates/openshift.
| Base Score | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | High |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (ruby193-ruby) | RHSA-2013:1427 | 2013-10-15 |
| RHOSE Client 2.0 (rubygems) | RHSA-2014:0207 | 2014-02-24 |
| Red Hat MRG Grid for RHEL 6 Server v.2 (rubygems) | RHSA-2013:1852 | 2013-12-17 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (rubygems) | RHSA-2013:1441 | 2013-10-17 |
| Red Hat MRG Grid Execute Node for RHEL 6 ComputeNode v.2 (rubygems) | RHSA-2013:1852 | 2013-12-17 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 3.0 | RHSA-2013:1523 | 2013-11-14 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1 | rubygems | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1 | ruby193-rubygems | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | rubygems | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | ruby193-rubygems | Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 1 | rubygems | Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 1 | ruby193-ruby | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0 | ruby193-rubygems | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | ruby | Not affected |
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