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title: "CVE-2013-2172\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2013-2172

Publication date 20 August 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

jcp/xml/dsig/internal/dom/DOMCanonicalizationMethod.java in Apache
Santuario XML Security for Java 1.4.x before 1.4.8 and 1.5.x before 1.5.5
allows context-dependent attackers to spoof an XML Signature by using the
CanonicalizationMethod parameter to specify an arbitrary weak
"canonicalization algorithm to apply to the SignedInfo part of the
Signature."

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| libxml-security-java | 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.10 utopic | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 1.4.5-1+deb7u1build0.12.04.1 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 1.4.3-2ubuntu0.1 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-2172?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| libxml-security-java | * Upstream:   <http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1493772> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-2172)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2172)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-2172)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-2172)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-2028-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2028-1)
+ Apache XML Security for Java vulnerability
+ 12 November 2013

### Other references

* <http://secunia.com/advisories/54019>
* <http://santuario.apache.org/secadv.data/CVE-2013-2172.txt.asc>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2172>