CVE-2013-1812
Denial of service in ruby-openid
The ruby-openid gem before 2.2.2 for Ruby allows remote OpenID providers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via (1) a large XRDS document or (2) an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The ruby-openid gem before 2.2.2 for Ruby allows remote OpenID providers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via (1) a large XRDS document or (2) an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.
- Record
CVE-2013-1812- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-399
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The ruby-openid gem before 2.2.2 for Ruby allows remote OpenID providers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via (1) a large XRDS document or (2) an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.
- Record
CVE-2013-1812- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-0174 No score
The ruby-openid gem before 2.2.2 for Ruby allows remote OpenID providers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via (1) a large XRDS document or (2) an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.
- Record
EUVD-2017-0174- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6c8p-qphv-668v No score
Denial of service in ruby-openid
The ruby-openid gem before 2.2.2 for Ruby allows remote OpenID providers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via (1) a large XRDS document or (2) an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.
- Record
GHSA-6c8p-qphv-668v- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV No score
The ruby-openid gem before 2.2.2 for Ruby allows remote OpenID providers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via (1) a large XRDS document or (2) an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.
- Record
CVE-2013-1812- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2013-1812 No score
The ruby-openid gem before 2.2.2 for Ruby allows remote OpenID providers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via (1) a large XRDS document or (2) an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2013-1812- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-6c8p-qphv-668v No score
Denial of service in ruby-openid
The ruby-openid gem before 2.2.2 for Ruby allows remote OpenID providers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via (1) a large XRDS document or (2) an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.
- Record
GHSA-6c8p-qphv-668v- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
ruby-openidRubyGems |
before 2.2.2 | 2.2.2 |
ruby-openidDebian:12 |
before 2.1.8debian-6 | 2.1.8debian-6 |
ruby-openidDebian:13 |
before 2.1.8debian-6 | 2.1.8debian-6 |
ruby-openidDebian:14 |
before 2.1.8debian-6 | 2.1.8debian-6 |
ruby-openidRubyGems |
before 2.2.2, plus listed versions 1.01.0.11.0.21.1.11.1.2 Show 14 moreShow less1.1.31.1.42.0.12.0.22.0.32.0.42.1.22.1.42.1.52.1.62.1.72.1.82.2.02.2.1 |
2.2.2 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2013-1812 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Janrain Ruby-openid, published December 12, 2013. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.13%, the 82nd percentile. Fixed in ruby-openid 2.2.2.
References
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=918134
github.com/openid/ruby-openid/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-November/120361.html