# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 12 Aug 2015
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2015-0851, DLA-290-1, DSA-3321-1, GHSA-2px9-x675-rqf5, MGASA-2015-0350, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0851

## 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: Xmltooling Project Xmltooling.

## How do I fix CVE-2015-0851?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2015-0851 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-0851 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2015-0851 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-0851 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-0851/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-0851/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-0851
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0851
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-0851

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