ubuntu-cve-2013-4517
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2014-01-11 01:55
Modified
2025-07-16 04:50
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
N/A (UNKNOWN)
low
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libxml-security-java",
            "binary_version": "1.5.6-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libxml-security-java-doc",
            "binary_version": "1.5.6-1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "libxml-security-java",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxml-security-java@1.5.6-1?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.5.6-1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": []
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libxml-security-java",
            "binary_version": "2.0.10-2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libxml-security-java-doc",
            "binary_version": "2.0.10-2"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:20.04:LTS",
        "name": "libxml-security-java",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxml-security-java@2.0.10-2?arch=source\u0026distro=focal"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.0.10-2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": []
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libxml-security-java",
            "binary_version": "2.1.7-2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libxml-security-java-doc",
            "binary_version": "2.1.7-2"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:22.04:LTS",
        "name": "libxml-security-java",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxml-security-java@2.1.7-2?arch=source\u0026distro=jammy"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.1.7-2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "2.0.10-2",
        "2.1.7-1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4517",
  "modified": "2025-07-16T04:50:19Z",
  "published": "2014-01-11T01:55:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4517"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://santuario.apache.org/secadv.data/cve-2013-4517.txt.asc"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4517"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "low",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2013-4517"
  ],
  "withdrawn": "2025-07-18T16:42:55Z"
}



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