CVE-2015-0851
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.0
Description
XMLTooling-C before 1.5.5, as used in OpenSAML-C and Shibboleth Service Provider (SP), does not properly handle integer conversion exceptions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via schema-invalid XML data.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1.5.6-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1.5.6-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1.5.6-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1.5.6-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1.5.6-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| xmltooling_project | xmltooling | {"endIncluding":"1.5.4"} | |
References
- http://shibboleth.net/community/advisories/secadv_20150721.txt
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3321
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76134
- https://git.shibboleth.net/view/?p=cpp-xmltooling.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=2d795c731e6729309044607154978696a87fd900
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-0851
CWEs
CWE-189
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.