CVE-2013-2155

Published: Aug 20, 2013Modified: Apr 29, 2026

5.8

Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Exploitability: 8.6 / Impact: 4.9

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (13)

Products: Apache: Xml Security For C++

1 product

Xml Security For C++

Configuration A

13 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Apache Xml Security For C++	Up to 1.7.0
Apache Xml Security For C++	Version 0.1.0
Apache Xml Security For C++	Version 0.2.0
Apache Xml Security For C++	Version 1.1.0
Apache Xml Security For C++	Version 1.2.0
Apache Xml Security For C++	Version 1.2.1
Apache Xml Security For C++	Version 1.3.0
Apache Xml Security For C++	Version 1.3.1
Apache Xml Security For C++	Version 1.4.0
Apache Xml Security For C++	Version 1.5.0
Apache Xml Security For C++	Version 1.5.1
Apache Xml Security For C++	Version 1.6.0
Apache Xml Security For C++	Version 1.6.1

Related CWEs

Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

References (14)

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2013-06/0142.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://santuario.apache.org/secadv.data/CVE-2013-2155.txt

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Vendor Advisory

http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/santuario/xml-security-cpp/trunk/xsec/dsig/DSIGAlgorithmHandlerDefault.cpp?r1=1125752&r2=1493960&pathrev=1493960&diff_format=h

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Patch

http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2710

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/680e6938b6412e26d5446054fd31de2011d33af11786b989127d1cc3%40%3Ccommits.santuario.apache.org%3E

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1c07a561426ec5579073046ad7f4207cdcef452bb3100abaf908e0cd%40%3Ccommits.santuario.apache.org%3E

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-15

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2013-06/0142.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://santuario.apache.org/secadv.data/CVE-2013-2155.txt

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/santuario/xml-security-cpp/trunk/xsec/dsig/DSIGAlgorithmHandlerDefault.cpp?r1=1125752&r2=1493960&pathrev=1493960&diff_format=h

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Patch

http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2710

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/680e6938b6412e26d5446054fd31de2011d33af11786b989127d1cc3%40%3Ccommits.santuario.apache.org%3E

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1c07a561426ec5579073046ad7f4207cdcef452bb3100abaf908e0cd%40%3Ccommits.santuario.apache.org%3E

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-15

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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