CVE-2013-4287: Cryptographic Issues
(updated )
Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in Gem::Version::VERSION_PATTERN in lib/rubygems/version.rb in RubyGems 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.
References
- blog.rubygems.org/2013/09/09/CVE-2013-4287.html
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1427.html
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1441.html
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1523.html
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1852.html
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0207.html
- secunia.com/advisories/55381
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/10/1
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4287
- puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4287
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