DSA-2717-1 xml-security-c -- heap overflow

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-2717-1 xml-security-c -- heap overflow

Date Reported:

28 Jun 2013

Affected Packages:

xml-security-c

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 714241.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2013-2210.

More information:

Jon Erickson of iSIGHT Partners Labs discovered a heap overflow in xml-security-c, an implementation of the XML Digital Security specification. The fix to address CVE-2013-2154 introduced the possibility of a heap overflow in the processing of malformed XPointer expressions in the XML Signature Reference processing code, possibly leading to arbitrary code execution.

For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1.5.1-3+squeeze3.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 1.6.1-5+deb7u2.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.6.1-7.

We recommend that you upgrade your xml-security-c packages.