CVE-2013-2156

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the Exclusive Canonicalization functionality (xsec/canon/XSECC14n20010315.cpp) in Apache Santuario XML Security for C++ (aka xml-security-c) before 1.7.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PrefixList attribute.

How to fix CVE-2013-2156

To remediate CVE-2013-2156, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• Debian/xml-security-c—upgrade to 1.6.1-6 or later

Is CVE-2013-2156 being exploited?

Moderate — EPSS is 8.4%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.

Affected packages (1)

• from 0, < 1.6.1-6

References (1)

• ADVISORYsecurity-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-2156