FKIE_CVE-2013-2153

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2013-08-20 22:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:52
Severity
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."
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2013-06/0140.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://santuario.apache.org/secadv.data/CVE-2013-2153.txtExploit
secalert@redhat.comhttp://svn.apache.org/viewvc/santuario/xml-security-cpp/trunk/xsec/dsig/DSIGReference.cpp?r1=1125514&r2=1493959&pathrev=1493959&diff_format=hPatch
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2710
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/680e6938b6412e26d5446054fd31de2011d33af11786b989127d1cc3%40%3Ccommits.santuario.apache.org%3E
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1c07a561426ec5579073046ad7f4207cdcef452bb3100abaf908e0cd%40%3Ccommits.santuario.apache.org%3E
secalert@redhat.comhttps://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-15
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2013-06/0140.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://santuario.apache.org/secadv.data/CVE-2013-2153.txtExploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/santuario/xml-security-cpp/trunk/xsec/dsig/DSIGReference.cpp?r1=1125514&r2=1493959&pathrev=1493959&diff_format=hPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2710
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/680e6938b6412e26d5446054fd31de2011d33af11786b989127d1cc3%40%3Ccommits.santuario.apache.org%3E
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1c07a561426ec5579073046ad7f4207cdcef452bb3100abaf908e0cd%40%3Ccommits.santuario.apache.org%3E
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-15
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
apache xml_security_for_c\+\+ *
apache xml_security_for_c\+\+ 0.1.0
apache xml_security_for_c\+\+ 0.2.0
apache xml_security_for_c\+\+ 1.1.0
apache xml_security_for_c\+\+ 1.2.0
apache xml_security_for_c\+\+ 1.2.1
apache xml_security_for_c\+\+ 1.3.0
apache xml_security_for_c\+\+ 1.3.1
apache xml_security_for_c\+\+ 1.4.0
apache xml_security_for_c\+\+ 1.5.0
apache xml_security_for_c\+\+ 1.5.1
apache xml_security_for_c\+\+ 1.6.0
apache xml_security_for_c\+\+ 1.6.1
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