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CVE-2013-2156

Published: 20 August 2013

Heap-based buffer overflow in the Exclusive Canonicalization functionality (xsec/canon/XSECC14n20010315.cpp) in Apache Santuario XML Security for C++ (aka xml-security-c) before 1.7.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PrefixList attribute.

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
xml-security-c
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream
Released (1.6.1-6)
lucid
Released (1.5.1-3+squeeze2build0.10.04.1)
precise
Released (1.6.1-1ubuntu0.1)
quantal
Released (1.6.1-6~build0.12.10.1)
raring
Released (1.6.1-6~build0.13.04.1)
saucy Not vulnerable
(1.6.1-6)
Patches:
vendor: http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2710