Debian DSA-2710-1 : xml-security-c - several vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 66917

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

James Forshaw from Context Information Security discovered several vulnerabilities in xml-security-c, an implementation of the XML Digital Security specification. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

- CVE-2013-2153 The implementation of XML digital signatures in the Santuario-C++ library is vulnerable to a spoofing issue allowing an attacker to reuse existing signatures with arbitrary content.

- CVE-2013-2154 A stack overflow, possibly leading to arbitrary code execution, exists in the processing of malformed XPointer expressions in the XML Signature Reference processing code.

- CVE-2013-2155 A bug in the processing of the output length of an HMAC-based XML Signature would cause a denial of service when processing specially chosen input.

- CVE-2013-2156 A heap overflow exists in the processing of the PrefixList attribute optionally used in conjunction with Exclusive Canonicalization, potentially allowing arbitrary code execution.

Solution

Upgrade the xml-security-c packages.

For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed in version 1.5.1-3+squeeze2.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 1.6.1-5+deb7u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 66917

File Name: debian_DSA-2710.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 6/19/2013

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:xml-security-c, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/18/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-2153, CVE-2013-2154, CVE-2013-2155, CVE-2013-2156

BID: 60592, 60594, 60595, 60599

DSA: 2710

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