MGASA-2014-0558

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    MGASA-2014-0558

    Published: 31 Dec 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2013-4517

    Summary: Updated xml-security packages fix CVE-2013-4517

    Details: Updated xml-security packages fixes security vulnerability: 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 (CVE-2013-4517).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0558.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14485, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/142709.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: xml-security

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/xml-security?arch=source&distro=mageia-4

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.5.7-1.mga4

    Affected versions

    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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