CVE-2015-0851

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    CVE-2015-0851

    Published: 12 Aug 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: XMLTooling-C before 1.5.5, as used in OpenSAML-C and Shibboleth Service Provider (SP), does not properly handle integer conversion exceptions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via schema-invalid XML data.

    References: http://shibboleth.net/community/advisories/secadv_20150721.txt, http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3321, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76134, https://git.shibboleth.net/view/?p=cpp-xmltooling.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=2d795c731e6729309044607154978696a87fd900

    Affected packages

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    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    High
    Availability
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    High