Apache Santuario XML Security for C++ (aka xml-security-c) before 1.7.1 does not properly validate length values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or bypass the CVE-2009-0217 protection mechanism and spoof a signature via crafted length values to the (1) compareBase64StringToRaw, (2) DSIGAlgorithmHandlerDefault, or (3) DSIGAlgorithmHandlerDefault::verify functions
Published Aug 20, 2013
5.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 5.80%
Description
Apache Santuario XML Security for C++ (aka xml-security-c) before 1.7.1 does not properly validate length values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or bypass the CVE-2009-0217 protection mechanism and spoof a signature via crafted length values to the (1) compareBase64StringToRaw, (2) DSIGAlgorithmHandlerDefault, or (3) DSIGAlgorithmHandlerDefault::verify functions.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 1.7.0
- 0.1.0
- 0.2.0
- 1.1.0
- 1.2.0
- 1.2.1
- 1.3.0
- 1.3.1
- 1.4.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.1
- 1.6.0
- 1.6.1
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 5.80% (0.05805) | 92.90th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5.80% (0.05805) | 92.13th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.57% (0.01566) | 80.23th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 1.93% (0.01932) | 88.32th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 10, 2024 | 0.80% (0.00795) | 81.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 2, 2023 | 0.80% (0.00795) | 79.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.08% (0.01081) | 82.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.07% (0.02072) | 79.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.07% (0.02072) | 77.99th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.07% (0.02072) | 56.68th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (7)
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2013-06/0142.html mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
- http://santuario.apache.org/secadv.data/CVE-2013-2155.txt x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/santuario/xml-security-cpp/trunk/xsec/dsig/DSIGAlgorithmHandlerDefault.cpp?r1=1125752&r2=1493960&pathrev=1493960&diff_format=h x_refsource_MISCPatch
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2710 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/680e6938b6412e26d5446054fd31de2011d33af11786b989127d1cc3%40%3Ccommits.santuario.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1c07a561426ec5579073046ad7f4207cdcef452bb3100abaf908e0cd%40%3Ccommits.santuario.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-15 x_refsource_CONFIRM
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2013-06/0142.html | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC | |
| http://santuario.apache.org/secadv.data/CVE-2013-2155.txt | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/santuario/xml-security-cpp/trunk/xsec/dsig/DSIGAlgorithmHandlerDefault.cpp?r1=1125752&r2=1493960&pathrev=1493960&diff_format=h | x_refsource_MISCPatch | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2710 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/680e6938b6412e26d5446054fd31de2011d33af11786b989127d1cc3%40%3Ccommits.santuario.apache.org%3E | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1c07a561426ec5579073046ad7f4207cdcef452bb3100abaf908e0cd%40%3Ccommits.santuario.apache.org%3E | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-15 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
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