CVE-2013-2172

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    CVE-2013-2172

    Published: 20 Aug 2013Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: jcp/xml/dsig/internal/dom/DOMCanonicalizationMethod.java in Apache Santuario XML Security for Java 1.4.x before 1.4.8 and 1.5.x before 1.5.5 allows context-dependent attackers to spoof an XML Signature by using the CanonicalizationMethod parameter to specify an arbitrary weak "canonicalization algorithm to apply to the SignedInfo part of the Signature."

    References: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1207.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1208.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1209.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1217.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1218.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1219.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1220.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1375.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1437.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1853.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0212.html, http://santuario.apache.org/secadv.data/CVE-2013-2172.txt.asc, http://secunia.com/advisories/54019, http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3065, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2028-1, http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0012.html, http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/santuario/xml-security-java/branches/1.5.x-fixes/src/main/java/org/apache/jcp/xml/dsig/internal/dom/DOMCanonicalizationMethod.java?r1=1353876&r2=1493772&pathrev=1493772&diff_format=h, http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2014-1972956.html, http://www.osvdb.org/94651, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534161/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60846, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/680e6938b6412e26d5446054fd31de2011d33af11786b989127d1cc3%40%3Ccommits.santuario.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1c07a561426ec5579073046ad7f4207cdcef452bb3100abaf908e0cd%40%3Ccommits.santuario.apache.org%3E

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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