Gentoo FoundationGLSA-201405-14Ruby OpenID: Denial of service
4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.009 Low
EPSS
Percentile
82.7%
Background
Ruby OpenID is a robust library for verifying and serving OpenID identities.
Description
An XML entity parsing error has been discovered in Ruby OpenID.
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.
Resolution
All Ruby OpenID users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-ruby/ruby-openid-2.2.2"
| OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gentoo | any | all | dev-ruby/ruby-openid | < 2.2.2 | UNKNOWN |
Related
4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.009 Low
EPSS
Percentile
82.7%