CVE-2013-2156

Publication date 20 August 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the Exclusive Canonicalization functionality (xsec/canon/XSECC14n20010315.cpp) in Apache Santuario XML Security for C++ (aka xml-security-c) before 1.7.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PrefixList attribute.

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

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Patch details

Patch details

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

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
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Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2156