CVE-2013-2153 (GCVE-0-2013-2153)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-08-20 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 15:27
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The XML digital signature functionality (xsec/dsig/DSIGReference.cpp) in Apache Santuario XML Security for C++ (aka xml-security-c) before 1.7.1 allows context-dependent attackers to reuse signatures and spoof arbitrary content via crafted Reference elements in the Signature, aka "XML Signature Bypass issue."
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
7 references
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|---|---|
| http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/santuario/xml-securi… | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2710 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclo… | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC |
| https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-15 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://santuario.apache.org/secadv.data/CVE-2013-… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/680e6938b641… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1c07a561426… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
Date Public
2013-06-17 00:00
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