CVE-2013-4363
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2013-4363 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | redhat |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2013-10-17 23:55:04 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC |
| 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. |
Risk And Classification
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
MediumAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
NoneIntegrity
NoneAvailability
PartialAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Ruby-lang | Ruby | 1.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Ruby-lang | Ruby | 1.9.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Ruby-lang | Ruby | 1.9.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Ruby-lang | Ruby | 1.9.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Ruby-lang | Ruby | 1.9.3 | p0 | All | All |
| Application | Ruby-lang | Ruby | 1.9.3 | p125 | All | All |
| Application | Ruby-lang | Ruby | 1.9.3 | p194 | All | All |
| Application | Ruby-lang | Ruby | 1.9.3 | p286 | All | All |
| Application | Ruby-lang | Ruby | 1.9.3 | p383 | All | All |
| Application | Ruby-lang | Ruby | 1.9.3 | p385 | All | All |
| Application | Ruby-lang | Ruby | 1.9.3 | p392 | All | All |
| Application | Ruby-lang | Ruby | 1.9.3 | p426 | All | All |
| Application | Ruby-lang | Ruby | 1.9.3 | p429 | All | All |
| Application | Ruby-lang | Ruby | 2.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Ruby-lang | Ruby | 2.0.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Ruby-lang | Ruby | 2.0.0 | p0 | All | All |
| Application | Ruby-lang | Ruby | 2.0.0 | p195 | All | All |
| Application | Ruby-lang | Ruby | 2.0.0 | p247 | All | All |
| Application | Ruby-lang | Ruby | 2.0.0 | preview1 | All | All |
| Application | Ruby-lang | Ruby | 2.0.0 | preview2 | All | All |
| Application | Ruby-lang | Ruby | 2.0.0 | rc1 | All | All |
| Application | Ruby-lang | Ruby | 2.0.0 | rc2 | All | All |
| Application | Rubygems | Rubygems | 1.8.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubygems | Rubygems | 1.8.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubygems | Rubygems | 1.8.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubygems | Rubygems | 1.8.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubygems | Rubygems | 1.8.12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubygems | Rubygems | 1.8.13 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubygems | Rubygems | 1.8.14 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubygems | Rubygems | 1.8.15 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubygems | Rubygems | 1.8.16 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubygems | Rubygems | 1.8.17 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubygems | Rubygems | 1.8.18 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubygems | Rubygems | 1.8.19 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubygems | Rubygems | 1.8.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubygems | Rubygems | 1.8.20 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubygems | Rubygems | 1.8.21 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubygems | Rubygems | 1.8.22 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubygems | Rubygems | 1.8.24 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubygems | Rubygems | 1.8.25 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubygems | Rubygems | 1.8.26 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubygems | Rubygems | 1.8.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubygems | Rubygems | 1.8.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubygems | Rubygems | 1.8.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubygems | Rubygems | 1.8.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubygems | Rubygems | 1.8.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubygems | Rubygems | 1.8.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubygems | Rubygems | 1.8.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubygems | Rubygems | 2.0.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubygems | Rubygems | 2.0.0 | preview2 | All | All |
| Application | Rubygems | Rubygems | 2.0.0 | preview2.1 | All | All |
| Application | Rubygems | Rubygems | 2.0.0 | preview2.2 | All | All |
| Application | Rubygems | Rubygems | 2.0.0 | rc1 | All | All |
| Application | Rubygems | Rubygems | 2.0.0 | rc2 | All | All |
| Application | Rubygems | Rubygems | 2.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubygems | Rubygems | 2.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubygems | Rubygems | 2.0.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubygems | Rubygems | 2.0.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubygems | Rubygems | 2.0.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubygems | Rubygems | 2.0.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubygems | Rubygems | 2.0.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubygems | Rubygems | 2.0.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubygems | Rubygems | 2.0.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubygems | Rubygems | 2.1.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubygems | Rubygems | 2.1.0 | rc1 | All | All |
| Application | Rubygems | Rubygems | 2.1.0 | rc2 | All | All |
| Application | Rubygems | Rubygems | 2.1.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubygems | Rubygems | 2.1.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubygems | Rubygems | 2.1.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubygems | Rubygems | 2.1.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rubygems | Rubygems | All | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| oss-security - Re: CVE-2013-4287 Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in RubyGems 2.0.7 and older | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.openwall.com | Patch |
| CVE-2013-4363 | Puppet | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | puppet.com | |
| oss-security - Re: CVE-2013-4287 Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in RubyGems 2.0.7 and older | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.openwall.com | Patch |
| oss-security - Re: CVE-2013-4287 Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in RubyGems 2.0.7 and older | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.openwall.com | Patch |
| CVE-2013-4363 Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in RubyGems 2.1.4 and older | RubyGems.org | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | blog.rubygems.org | Patch, Vendor Advisory |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
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