CVE-2013-2155

Publication date 20 August 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

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.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
xml-security-c	13.04 raring	Fixed 1.6.1-6~build0.13.04.1
	12.10 quantal	Fixed 1.6.1-6~build0.12.10.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 1.6.1-1ubuntu0.1
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 1.5.1-3+squeeze2build0.10.04.1

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
xml-security-c	Vendor: http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2710

References

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2155