UBUNTU-CVE-2013-2172

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2013-2172

    Published: 20 Aug 2013Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2013-2172
    Aliases:
    USN-2028-1

    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: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-2172, http://secunia.com/advisories/54019, http://santuario.apache.org/secadv.data/CVE-2013-2172.txt.asc, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2028-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2172

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libxml-security-java

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.5.5-2

    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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