CVE-2015-0851 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the application by sending schema-invalid XML data due to improper integer conversion handling in XMLTooling-C.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2015-0851?
CVE-2015-0851 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Aug 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-189
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-0851?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Xmltooling Project Xmltooling.
How do I fix CVE-2015-0851?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2015-0851 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-0851 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-0851, DLA-290-1, DSA-3321-1, GHSA-2px9-x675-rqf5, MGASA-2015-0350, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0851.