CVE-2013-2155
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1.6.1-6 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1.6.1-6 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1.6.1-6 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1.6.1-6 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1.6.1-6 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| apache | xml_security_for_c\+\+ | {"endIncluding":"1.7.0"} | |
| apache | xml_security_for_c\+\+ | 0.1.0 | |
| apache | xml_security_for_c\+\+ | 0.2.0 | |
| apache | xml_security_for_c\+\+ | 1.1.0 | |
| apache | xml_security_for_c\+\+ | 1.2.0 | |
| apache | xml_security_for_c\+\+ | 1.2.1 | |
| apache | xml_security_for_c\+\+ | 1.3.0 | |
| apache | xml_security_for_c\+\+ | 1.3.1 | |
| apache | xml_security_for_c\+\+ | 1.4.0 | |
| apache | xml_security_for_c\+\+ | 1.5.0 | |
| apache | xml_security_for_c\+\+ | 1.5.1 | |
| apache | xml_security_for_c\+\+ | 1.6.0 | |
| apache | xml_security_for_c\+\+ | 1.6.1 | |
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2013-06/0142.html
- http://santuario.apache.org/secadv.data/CVE-2013-2155.txt
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/santuario/xml-security-cpp/trunk/xsec/dsig/DSIGAlgorithmHandlerDefault.cpp?r1=1125752&r2=1493960&pathrev=1493960&diff_format=h
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2710
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/680e6938b6412e26d5446054fd31de2011d33af11786b989127d1cc3%40%3Ccommits.santuario.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1c07a561426ec5579073046ad7f4207cdcef452bb3100abaf908e0cd%40%3Ccommits.santuario.apache.org%3E
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-15
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-2155
CWEs
CWE-20
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Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.