Vulnerability CVE-2013-2210
Published: 2013-08-20   Modified: 2013-08-21

Description:
Heap-based buffer overflow in the XML Signature Reference functionality in Apache Santuario XML Security for C++ (aka xml-security-c) before 1.7.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via malformed XPointer expressions. NOTE: this is due to an incorrect fix for CVE-2013-2154.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
Apache Santuario XML Security for C++ heap overflow
Jon Erickson
21.08.2013

Type:

CWE-119

 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Apache -> Xml security for c++ 

 References:
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2013-06/0216.html
http://santuario.apache.org/secadv.data/CVE-2013-2210.txt
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2717
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-15
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