CVE-2013-2155

NameCVE-2013-2155
DescriptionApache 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-2710-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
xml-security-c (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)1.7.2-3+deb8u2fixed
stretch1.7.3-4+deb9u3fixed
stretch (security), stretch (lts)1.7.3-4+deb9u1fixed
buster2.0.2-3fixed
bullseye2.0.2-4fixed
sid, trixie, bookworm2.0.4-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
xml-security-csourcesqueeze1.5.1-3+squeeze2DSA-2710-1
xml-security-csourcewheezy1.6.1-5+deb7u1DSA-2710-1
xml-security-csource(unstable)1.6.1-6
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