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Gentoo: GLSA-201405-14 Normal: Ruby OpenID Security Advisory

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Calendar Grey May 17, 2014
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Vulnerability in Ruby OpenID poses Denial of Service threat for Gentoo users, necessitating an update to safeguard against potential exploits.
A vulnerability in Ruby OpenID may lead to Denial of Service.

Summary

An XML entity parsing error has been discovered in Ruby OpenID.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo normal severity ruby openid

Resolution

All Ruby OpenID users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-ruby/ruby-openid-2.2.2"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2013-1812 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-1812

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201405-14
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: Ruby OpenID: Denial of Service
Date: May 17, 2014
Bugs: #460156
ID: 201405-14

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo normal severity ruby openid

Synopsis

A vulnerability in Ruby OpenID may lead to Denial of Service.

Background

Ruby OpenID is a robust library for verifying and serving OpenID identities.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-ruby/ruby-openid < 2.2.2 >= 2.2.2

Impact

===== A remote attacker could send a specially crafted XML file, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.