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medium 4.3

CVE-2013-2172 json

Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity in Apache Santuario XML Security

published 2013-08-20 13 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also GHSA-r237-w2w6-jq3p , EUVD-2022-5065

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.9%
EPSS 5.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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."

Patch / fix

  • maven org.apache.santuario:xmlsec 1.4.8, 1.5.5
  • libxml-security-java Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.5.5-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2013-2172

  • httpd jboss enterprise application platform 6 2.2.22-25.ep6.el6
  • netty jboss enterprise application platform 6 3.6.6-2.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6
  • wss4j jboss enterprise application platform 6 1.6.10-1.redhat_1.ep6.el6
  • openws jboss enterprise application platform 6 1.4.2-10.redhat_4.1.ep6.el6
  • hornetq jboss enterprise application platform 6 2.3.5-2.Final_redhat_2.1.ep6.el6
  • jbossts jboss enterprise application platform 6 1:4.17.7-4.Final_redhat_4.ep6.el6
  • jgroups jboss enterprise application platform 6 1:3.2.10-1.Final_redhat_2.2.ep6.el6
  • mod_ssl jboss enterprise application platform 6 1:2.2.22-25.ep6.el6

red hat advisories RHSA-2013:1208RHSA-2013:1207RHSA-2013:1219RHSA-2013:1217

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2013-2172 updated cvss 5.8

Java: XML signature spoofing

  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4 xmlsec
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3 xmlsec
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat JBoss Portal 4 xmlsec Red Hat JBoss Portal 5 xmlsec Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 4 xmlsec
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Fuse ESB Enterprise 7.1.0 Red Hat Fuse Management Console 7.1.0 Red Hat Fuse MQ Enterprise 7.1.0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1369
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise BRMS Platform 5.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1375
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 4 AS xml-security 1.5.1-3_patch01.ep5.el4 Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 4 ES xml-security 1.5.1-3_patch01.ep5.el4 Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 5 Server xml-security 1.5.1-3_patch01.ep5.el5 Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 6 Server xml-security 1.5.1-3_patch01.ep5.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1217
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1218
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 for RHEL 5 Server httpd 2.2.22-25.ep6.el5, mod_ssl 2.2.22-25.ep6.el5, httpd-tools 2.2.22-25.ep6.el5, httpd-manual 2.2.22-25.ep6.el5, wss4j 1.6.10-1.redhat_1.ep6.el5, openws 1.4.2-10.redhat_4.1.ep6.el5, +117 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1207
show 9 more
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 for RHEL 6 Server httpd 2.2.22-25.ep6.el6, mod_ssl 2.2.22-25.ep6.el6, httpd-tools 2.2.22-25.ep6.el6, httpd-manual 2.2.22-25.ep6.el6, wss4j 1.6.10-1.redhat_1.ep6.el6, openws 1.4.2-10.redhat_4.1.ep6.el6, +117 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1208
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1209
  • Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:0400
  • Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1853
  • Red Hat JBoss Portal Platform 6.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1437
  • Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 5.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:0212
  • Red Hat JBoss Web Platform 5 for RHEL 5 Server xml-security 1.5.1-3_patch01.ep5.el5 Red Hat JBoss Web Platform 5 for RHEL 6 Server xml-security 1.5.1-3_patch01.ep5.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1219
  • Red Hat JBoss Web Platform 5.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1220
  • Red Hat JBoss Web Platform 5 for RHEL 4 AS xml-security 1.5.1-3_patch01.ep5.el4 Red Hat JBoss Web Platform 5 for RHEL 4 ES xml-security 1.5.1-3_patch01.ep5.el4
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

5.93% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.apache.santuario:xmlsec
>=1.4.0, <1.4.8
>=1.5.0, <1.5.5
1.4.8
1.5.5

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-310 Cryptographic Issues
  • CWE-407 Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity

References

Sources

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