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purl	pkg:gem/rubygems-update@1.9
Tags	Ghost

Next non-vulnerable version	3.0.3
Latest non-vulnerable version	3.0.3
Risk	3.1

Vulnerabilities affecting this package (1)

Vulnerability	Summary	Fixed by
VCID-k2ga-fgvp-5qc7 Aliases: CVE-2013-4287 GHSA-9j7m-rjqx-48vh OSV-97163	Cryptographic Issues 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.	2.0.8 Affected by 9 other vulnerabilities. This version is affected by these other vulnerabilities: {{ fixed_by_vuln.vulnerability_id }} {{ fixed_by_vuln.vulnerability_id }} {{ fixed_by_vuln.vulnerability_id }} {{ fixed_by_vuln.vulnerability_id }} {{ fixed_by_vuln.vulnerability_id }} {{ fixed_by_vuln.vulnerability_id }} {{ fixed_by_vuln.vulnerability_id }} {{ fixed_by_vuln.vulnerability_id }} {{ fixed_by_vuln.vulnerability_id }} 2.1.0.rc.1 Affected by 9 other vulnerabilities. This version is affected by these other vulnerabilities: {{ fixed_by_vuln.vulnerability_id }} {{ fixed_by_vuln.vulnerability_id }} {{ fixed_by_vuln.vulnerability_id }} {{ fixed_by_vuln.vulnerability_id }} {{ fixed_by_vuln.vulnerability_id }} {{ fixed_by_vuln.vulnerability_id }} {{ fixed_by_vuln.vulnerability_id }} {{ fixed_by_vuln.vulnerability_id }} {{ fixed_by_vuln.vulnerability_id }} 2.1.0 Affected by 9 other vulnerabilities. This version is affected by these other vulnerabilities: {{ fixed_by_vuln.vulnerability_id }} {{ fixed_by_vuln.vulnerability_id }} {{ fixed_by_vuln.vulnerability_id }} {{ fixed_by_vuln.vulnerability_id }} {{ fixed_by_vuln.vulnerability_id }} {{ fixed_by_vuln.vulnerability_id }} {{ fixed_by_vuln.vulnerability_id }} {{ fixed_by_vuln.vulnerability_id }} {{ fixed_by_vuln.vulnerability_id }} 2.1.1 Affected by 8 other vulnerabilities. This version is affected by these other vulnerabilities: {{ fixed_by_vuln.vulnerability_id }} {{ fixed_by_vuln.vulnerability_id }} {{ fixed_by_vuln.vulnerability_id }} {{ fixed_by_vuln.vulnerability_id }} {{ fixed_by_vuln.vulnerability_id }} {{ fixed_by_vuln.vulnerability_id }} {{ fixed_by_vuln.vulnerability_id }} {{ fixed_by_vuln.vulnerability_id }}

Vulnerability

Summary

Fixed by

VCID-k2ga-fgvp-5qc7
Aliases:
CVE-2013-4287
GHSA-9j7m-rjqx-48vh
OSV-97163

Cryptographic Issues 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.

2.0.8
Affected by 9 other vulnerabilities.

2.1.0.rc.1
Affected by 9 other vulnerabilities.

2.1.0
Affected by 9 other vulnerabilities.

2.1.1
Affected by 8 other vulnerabilities.

Vulnerabilities fixed by this package (0)

Vulnerability	Summary	Aliases
This package is not known to fix vulnerabilities.

Date	Actor	Action	Vulnerability	Source	VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T15:18:35.139253+00:00	Ruby Importer	Affected by	VCID-k2ga-fgvp-5qc7	https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rubygems-update/CVE-2013-4287.yml	38.0.0