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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…
Medium5.8EPSS 5.8%
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- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.8% · top 6.9% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (7)
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/santuario/xml-security-cpp/trunk/xsec/dsig/DSIGAlgorithmHandlerDefault.cpp?r1=1125752&r2=1493960&pathrev=1493960&diff_format=h (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- DSA-2710 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-15 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://santuario.apache.org/secadv.data/CVE-2013-2155.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20130617 CVE-2013-2155: Apache Santuario C++ denial of service vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- [santuario-commits] 20190823 svn commit: r1049214 - in /websites/production/santuario/content: cache/main.pageCache download.html index.html javaindex.html javareleasenotes.html secadv.data/CVE-2019-12400.asc secadv.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [santuario-commits] 20210917 svn commit: r1076843 - in /websites/production/santuario/content: cache/main.pageCache index.html javaindex.html secadv.data/CVE-2021-40690.txt.asc secadv.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
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