CVE-2013-2155 Security feature bypass in n/a
Remote attackers can bypass signature verification protections and cause denial of service in Apache Santuario XML Security for C++ via crafted length values.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2013-2155?
CVE-2013-2155 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Aug 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-2155?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Apache Xml Security for C\+\+.
How do I fix CVE-2013-2155?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2013-2155 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-2155 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-2155, GHSA-pq9g-7grj-xrm8.