CVE-2013-4517
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),
02 Description
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),
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 8.86% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 94.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2014-01-11 01:00Z12 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 16:45Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2013-06-12
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 82fcf931d8a58c3578fdb80183b9bb10966c112594e8538fd7bb78a2e797eaeb
05 Affected products
06 References
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2014:1728http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1728.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2014:1726http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1726.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2014:0170http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0170.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2015:0675http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0675.html
- osvdb.org101169http://osvdb.org/101169
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2015:0850http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0850.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2014:0195http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0195.html
- www.tenable.comhttps://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-15
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comsantuario-xmlsecurity-cve20134517-dos(89891)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/89891
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2014:1727http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1727.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2015:0851http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0851.html
- seclists.org20131218 Apache Santuario security advisory CVE-2013-4517 releasedhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Dec/169
- www.securitytracker.com1029524http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029524
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2014:0172http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0172.html
- santuario.apache.orghttp://santuario.apache.org/secadv.data/cve-2013-4517.txt.asc
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2014:0171http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0171.html
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/124554/Java-XML-Signature-Denial-Of-Service-Attack.html
- www.securityfocus.com64437http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64437
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2014:1725http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1725.html
- secunia.com55639http://secunia.com/advisories/55639
- lists.apache.org[santuario-commits] 20190823 svn commit: r1049214 - in /websites/production/santuario/content: cache/main.pageCache download.html index.html javaindex.html javareleasenotes.html secadv.data/CVE-2019-12400.asc secadv.htmlhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/680e6938b6412e26d5446054fd31de2011d33af11786b989127d1cc3%40%3Ccommits.santuario.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[santuario-commits] 20210917 svn commit: r1076843 - in /websites/production/santuario/content: cache/main.pageCache index.html javaindex.html secadv.data/CVE-2021-40690.txt.asc secadv.htmlhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1c07a561426ec5579073046ad7f4207cdcef452bb3100abaf908e0cd%40%3Ccommits.santuario.apache.org%3E
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- libxml-security-java Fixed in 1.5.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libxml-security-java Fixed in 1.5.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libxml-security-java Fixed in 1.5.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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