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Package details: pkg:gem/rubygems-update@2.1
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Next non-vulnerable version 3.0.3
Latest non-vulnerable version 3.0.3
Risk 4.0
Vulnerabilities affecting this package (3)
Vulnerability Summary Fixed by
VCID-w37m-8kzy-kydq
Aliases:
CVE-2013-4287
GHSA-9j7m-rjqx-48vh
OSV-97163
RubyGems Regular Expression Denial of Service vulnerability 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.
2.1.1
Affected by 8 other vulnerabilities.
VCID-wve4-sjev-euge
Aliases:
CVE-2015-3900
GHSA-wp3j-rvfp-624h
OSV-122162
RubyGems vulnerable to DNS hijack attack RubyGems 2.0.x before 2.0.16, 2.2.x before 2.2.4, and 2.4.x before 2.4.7 does not validate the hostname when fetching gems or making API requests, which allows remote attackers to redirect requests to arbitrary domains via a crafted DNS SRV record, aka a "DNS hijack attack."
2.2.4
Affected by 7 other vulnerabilities.
2.4.7
Affected by 13 other vulnerabilities.
VCID-zp1b-4nku-y7ht
Aliases:
CVE-2015-4020
GHSA-qv62-xfj6-32xm
RubyGems Improper Input Validation vulnerability RubyGems 2.0.x before 2.0.17, 2.2.x before 2.2.5, and 2.3.x before 2.4.8 does not validate the hostname when fetching gems or making API requests, which allows remote attackers to redirect requests to arbitrary domains via a crafted DNS SRV record with a domain that is suffixed with the original domain name, aka a "DNS hijack attack." NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-3900.
2.2.5
Affected by 7 other vulnerabilities.
2.4.8
Affected by 12 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
2025-07-01T16:58:27.048908+00:00 Ruby Importer Affected by VCID-zp1b-4nku-y7ht https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rubygems-update/CVE-2015-4020.yml 36.1.3
2025-07-01T16:58:26.890982+00:00 Ruby Importer Affected by VCID-w37m-8kzy-kydq https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rubygems-update/CVE-2013-4287.yml 36.1.3
2025-07-01T16:58:26.838586+00:00 Ruby Importer Affected by VCID-wve4-sjev-euge https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rubygems-update/CVE-2015-3900.yml 36.1.3