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GLSA-201405-14 : Ruby OpenID: Denial of Service

medium Nessus Plugin ID 74057

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201405-14 (Ruby OpenID: Denial of Service)

 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.

Solution

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

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201405-14

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 74057

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201405-14.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Published: 5/19/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:ruby-openid, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1812

BID: 58258

GLSA: 201405-14