A vulnerability in Ruby OpenID may lead to Denial of Service.
Package | dev-ruby/ruby-openid on all architectures |
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Affected versions | < 2.2.2 |
Unaffected versions | >= 2.2.2 |
Ruby OpenID is a robust library for verifying and serving OpenID identities.
An XML entity parsing error has been discovered in Ruby OpenID.
A remote attacker could send a specially crafted XML file, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All Ruby OpenID users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-ruby/ruby-openid-2.2.2"
Release date
May 17, 2014
Latest revision
May 17, 2014: 1
Severity
normal
Exploitable
remote
Bugzilla entries