CVE-2013-4517

medium

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), related to signatures.

References

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4p4w-6h54-g885

https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-15

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1c07a561426ec5579073046ad7f4207cdcef452bb3100abaf908e0cd%40%3Ccommits.santuario.apache.org%3E

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/680e6938b6412e26d5446054fd31de2011d33af11786b989127d1cc3%40%3Ccommits.santuario.apache.org%3E

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/89891

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029524

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64437

http://secunia.com/advisories/55639

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Dec/169

http://santuario.apache.org/secadv.data/cve-2013-4517.txt.asc

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0851.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0850.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0675.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1728.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1727.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1726.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1725.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0195.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0172.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0171.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0170.html

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/124554/Java-XML-Signature-Denial-Of-Service-Attack.html

http://osvdb.org/101169

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-01-11

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.10939