<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="201405-14"> <title>Ruby OpenID: Denial of service</title> <synopsis>A vulnerability in Ruby OpenID may lead to Denial of Service.</synopsis> <product type="ebuild">ruby-openid</product> <announced>2014-05-17</announced> <revised count="1">2014-05-17</revised> <bug>460156</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="dev-ruby/ruby-openid" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">2.2.2</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">2.2.2</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p>Ruby OpenID is a robust library for verifying and serving OpenID identities. </p> </background> <description> <p>An XML entity parsing error has been discovered in Ruby OpenID.</p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p>A remote attacker could send a specially crafted XML file, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> </workaround> <resolution> <p>All Ruby OpenID users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-ruby/ruby-openid-2.2.2" </code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-1812">CVE-2013-1812</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2013-04-09T22:41:55Z">ackle</metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2014-05-17T17:48:57Z">ackle</metadata> </glsa>