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

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2013-4287-rubygems-regular-expression-denial-of-service-vulnerability  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2022-05-14  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

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

RubyGems Regular Expression Denial of Service vulnerability

Technologies: [rubygems-update (RubyGems)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/rubygems-update). Vendors: [RubyGems](https://junglewise.ai/threats/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

  ```sh
  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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