CVE-2013-2156

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

7.5

Vector

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

Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 6.4

Source: NVD

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.

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 Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (14)

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2013-06/0143.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://santuario.apache.org/secadv.data/CVE-2013-2156.txt

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1493961

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/2013-06/0143.html

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

http://santuario.apache.org/secadv.data/CVE-2013-2156.txt

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

http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1493961

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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