CVE-2013-2155
Apache XML Security for C++ < 1.7.1 - Denial of Service and Signature Spoofing via Crafted Length Values
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Patch x_refsource_misc
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/santuario/xml-security-cpp/trunk/xsec/dsig/DSIGAlgorithmHandlerDefault.cpp?r1=1125752&r2=1493960&pathrev=1493960&diff_format=h
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2710
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-15
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://santuario.apache.org/secadv.data/CVE-2013-2155.txt
Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_fulldisc
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2013-06/0142.html
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/680e6938b6412e26d5446054fd31de2011d33af11786b989127d1cc3%40%3Ccommits.santuario.apache.org%3E
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1c07a561426ec5579073046ad7f4207cdcef452bb3100abaf908e0cd%40%3Ccommits.santuario.apache.org%3E
Scores
EPSS
0.0580
EPSS Percentile
92.2%
Details
CWE
CWE-20
Status
published
Products (13)
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
... and 3 more
Published
Aug 20, 2013
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026