CVE-2013-4517

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Apache Santuario XML Security for Java before 1.5.6, when applying Transforms, allows remote attackers to cause a denial

Apache Santuario XML Security for Java before 1.5.6, when applying Transforms, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via crafted Document Type Definitions (DTDs), related to signatures.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 EPSS 0.08392

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EPSS percentile: top 8% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
Public exploit or PoC is available

Sigma rules0 YARA rules0

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Affected Products & Versions

apache santuario xml security for java<= 1.5.5

apache santuario xml security for javaall versions

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Affected Packages

Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.

Maven org.apache.santuario:xmlsec MODERATE fixed in 1.5.6

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Public Exploits & PoCs

pocpacketstormsecurity.com · Java-XML-Signature-Denial-Of-Service-Attack.htmlpacketstormsecurity.com

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Scoring & Timeline

4.3

MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com

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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.

v2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Published to NVD11 Jan 2014 · 01:55 AM

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Vendor Advisories

rhsaRHSA-2015:0851Low
rhsaRHSA-2015:0850Low
rhsaRHSA-2015:0675Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2014:0400Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2014:0473Moderate
Show all 14 vendor advisoriesrhsaRHSA-2014:0171Low
rhsaRHSA-2014:0172Low
rhsaRHSA-2014:0170Low
rhsaRHSA-2014:0195Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2014:0582Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2014:1728Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2014:1727Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2014:1726Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2014:1725Moderate

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://osvdb.org/101169

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0170.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0171.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0172.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0195.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1725.html

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http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1726.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1727.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1728.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0675.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0850.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0851.html

http://santuario.apache.org/secadv.data/cve-2013-4517.txt.ascVendor Advisory

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Dec/169

http://secunia.com/advisories/55639Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64437

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029524

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/89891

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/680e6938b6412e26d5446054fd31de2011d33af11786b989127d1cc3%40%3Ccommits.santuario.apache.org%3E

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1c07a561426ec5579073046ad7f4207cdcef452bb3100abaf908e0cd%40%3Ccommits.santuario.apache.org%3E

https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-15

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