CVE-2013-2156

Publication date 20 August 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

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.

Status

No maintained releases are affected by this CVE.

Package Ubuntu Release Status
xml-security-c 13.04 raring
Fixed 1.6.1-6~build0.13.04.1
12.10 quantal
Fixed 1.6.1-6~build0.12.10.1
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 1.6.1-1ubuntu0.1
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 1.5.1-3+squeeze2build0.10.04.1

Patch details

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Package Patch details
xml-security-c