CVE-2013-4363
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 3.2.0~rc.1-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 3.2.0~rc.1-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 3.2.0~rc.1-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 3.2.0~rc.1-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 3.2.0~rc.1-1 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| RubyGems | rubygems-update | <~> 1.8.23.2 | ~> 1.8.23.2 |
| RubyGems | rubygems-update | <1.8.23.2 | 1.8.23.2 |
| RubyGems | rubygems-update | >=1.8.24,<1.8.27 | 1.8.27 |
| RubyGems | rubygems-update | >=2.0.0,<2.0.10 | 2.0.10 |
| RubyGems | rubygems-update | >=2.1.0,<2.1.5 | 2.1.5 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| rubygems | rubygems | {"endIncluding":"1.8.23"} | |
| rubygems | rubygems | 1.8.0 | |
| rubygems | rubygems | 1.8.1 | |
| rubygems | rubygems | 1.8.2 | |
| rubygems | rubygems | 1.8.3 | |
| rubygems | rubygems | 1.8.4 | |
| rubygems | rubygems | 1.8.5 | |
| rubygems | rubygems | 1.8.6 | |
| rubygems | rubygems | 1.8.7 | |
| rubygems | rubygems | 1.8.8 | |
| rubygems | rubygems | 1.8.9 | |
| rubygems | rubygems | 1.8.10 | |
| rubygems | rubygems | 1.8.11 | |
| rubygems | rubygems | 1.8.12 | |
| rubygems | rubygems | 1.8.13 | |
| rubygems | rubygems | 1.8.14 | |
| rubygems | rubygems | 1.8.15 | |
| rubygems | rubygems | 1.8.16 | |
| rubygems | rubygems | 1.8.17 | |
| rubygems | rubygems | 1.8.18 | |
| rubygems | rubygems | 1.8.19 | |
| rubygems | rubygems | 1.8.20 | |
| rubygems | rubygems | 1.8.21 | |
| rubygems | rubygems | 1.8.22 | |
| rubygems | rubygems | 1.8.24 | |
| rubygems | rubygems | 1.8.25 | |
| rubygems | rubygems | 1.8.26 | |
| rubygems | rubygems | 2.0.0 | |
| rubygems | rubygems | 2.0.1 | |
| rubygems | rubygems | 2.0.2 | |
| rubygems | rubygems | 2.0.3 | |
| rubygems | rubygems | 2.0.4 | |
| rubygems | rubygems | 2.0.5 | |
| rubygems | rubygems | 2.0.6 | |
| rubygems | rubygems | 2.0.7 | |
| rubygems | rubygems | 2.0.8 | |
| rubygems | rubygems | 2.0.9 | |
| rubygems | rubygems | 2.1.0 | |
| rubygems | rubygems | 2.1.1 | |
| rubygems | rubygems | 2.1.2 | |
| rubygems | rubygems | 2.1.3 | |
| rubygems | rubygems | 2.1.4 | |
| ruby-lang | ruby | 1.9 | |
| ruby-lang | ruby | 1.9.1 | |
| ruby-lang | ruby | 1.9.2 | |
| ruby-lang | ruby | 1.9.3 | |
| ruby-lang | ruby | 2.0 | |
| ruby-lang | ruby | 2.0.0 | |
References
- http://blog.rubygems.org/2013/09/24/CVE-2013-4363.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/14/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/18/8
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/20/1
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4363
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4363
- https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rubygems-update/CVE-2013-4363.yml
- https://web.archive.org/web/20170331150441/https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4363
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4363
CWEs
CWE-310
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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