FKIE_CVE-2013-4517
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2014-01-11 01:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:57
Severity
Summary
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
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"lastModified": "2026-06-16T23:57:22.410",
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