CVE-2013-4287: RubyGems Regular Expression Denial of Service vulnerability

CVE-2013-4287 · Severity: info · Published 2022-05-14

RubyGems Regular Expression Denial of Service vulnerability

Technologies: rubygems-update (RubyGems). Vendors: RubyGems.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2013-4287 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2013-4287 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2013-4287?
Informational severity, published 14 May 2022.
Which products and versions are affected?
rubygems-update (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=1.8.23.1.
Is there a fix for CVE-2013-4287?
Yes. rubygems-update (RubyGems): upgrade to 1.8.23.1 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2013-4287?
Check whether you run rubygems-update (RubyGems) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • rubygems-update (RubyGems): upgrade to 1.8.23.1 or later
    bundle update rubygems-update

Affected products

  • rubygems-update (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=1.8.23.1

Identifiers

  • CVE-2013-4287
  • GHSA-9j7m-rjqx-48vh

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