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SCA: security update for org.apache.santuario:xmlsec (GHSA-4p4w-6h54-g885)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 410301

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2013-4517)

See Also

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 410301

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-4517

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/18/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4517

BID: 64437

cwe: CWE-20