CVE-2013-2155
Apache Santuario XML Security for C++ (aka xml-security-c) before 1.7.1 does not properly validate length values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or bypass the CVE-2009-0217 protection mechanism and spoof a signature via…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (5.80%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Apache Santuario XML Security for C++ (aka xml-security-c) before 1.7.1 does not properly validate length values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or bypass the CVE-2009-0217 protection mechanism and spoof a signature via crafted length values to the (1) compareBase64StringToRaw, (2) DSIGAlgorithmHandlerDefault, or (3) DSIGAlgorithmHandlerDefault::verify functions.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 5.80% probability · 93th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- apache/xml security for c\+\+
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2013-06/0142.html
- http://santuario.apache.org/secadv.data/CVE-2013-2155.txtVendor Advisory
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/santuario/xml-security-cpp/trunk/xsec/dsig/DSIGAlgorithmHandlerDefault.cpp?r1=1125752&r2=1493960&pathrev=1493960&diff_format=hPatch
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2710
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/680e6938b6412e26d5446054fd31de2011d33af11786b989127d1cc3%40%3Ccommits.santuario.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1c07a561426ec5579073046ad7f4207cdcef452bb3100abaf908e0cd%40%3Ccommits.santuario.apache.org%3E
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-15
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2013-06/0142.html
- http://santuario.apache.org/secadv.data/CVE-2013-2155.txtVendor Advisory
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/santuario/xml-security-cpp/trunk/xsec/dsig/DSIGAlgorithmHandlerDefault.cpp?r1=1125752&r2=1493960&pathrev=1493960&diff_format=hPatch
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2710
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/680e6938b6412e26d5446054fd31de2011d33af11786b989127d1cc3%40%3Ccommits.santuario.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1c07a561426ec5579073046ad7f4207cdcef452bb3100abaf908e0cd%40%3Ccommits.santuario.apache.org%3E
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-15
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.