Vulnerabilities > CVE-2013-2155 - Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Apache XML Security for C++

047910
CVSS 0.0 - NONE
Attack vector
UNKNOWN
Attack complexity
UNKNOWN
Privileges required
UNKNOWN
Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN
Integrity impact
UNKNOWN
Availability impact
UNKNOWN

Summary

Apache Santuario XML Security for C++ (aka xml-security-c) before 1.7.1 does not properly validate length values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or bypass the CVE-2009-0217 protection mechanism and spoof a signature via crafted length values to the (1) compareBase64StringToRaw, (2) DSIGAlgorithmHandlerDefault, or (3) DSIGAlgorithmHandlerDefault::verify functions.

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables
    This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
  • Server Side Include (SSI) Injection
    An attacker can use Server Side Include (SSI) Injection to send code to a web application that then gets executed by the web server. Doing so enables the attacker to achieve similar results to Cross Site Scripting, viz., arbitrary code execution and information disclosure, albeit on a more limited scale, since the SSI directives are nowhere near as powerful as a full-fledged scripting language. Nonetheless, the attacker can conveniently gain access to sensitive files, such as password files, and execute shell commands.
  • Cross Zone Scripting
    An attacker is able to cause a victim to load content into their web-browser that bypasses security zone controls and gain access to increased privileges to execute scripting code or other web objects such as unsigned ActiveX controls or applets. This is a privilege elevation attack targeted at zone-based web-browser security. In a zone-based model, pages belong to one of a set of zones corresponding to the level of privilege assigned to that page. Pages in an untrusted zone would have a lesser level of access to the system and/or be restricted in the types of executable content it was allowed to invoke. In a cross-zone scripting attack, a page that should be assigned to a less privileged zone is granted the privileges of a more trusted zone. This can be accomplished by exploiting bugs in the browser, exploiting incorrect configuration in the zone controls, through a cross-site scripting attack that causes the attackers' content to be treated as coming from a more trusted page, or by leveraging some piece of system functionality that is accessible from both the trusted and less trusted zone. This attack differs from "Restful Privilege Escalation" in that the latter correlates to the inadequate securing of RESTful access methods (such as HTTP DELETE) on the server, while cross-zone scripting attacks the concept of security zones as implemented by a browser.
  • Cross Site Scripting through Log Files
    An attacker may leverage a system weakness where logs are susceptible to log injection to insert scripts into the system's logs. If these logs are later viewed by an administrator through a thin administrative interface and the log data is not properly HTML encoded before being written to the page, the attackers' scripts stored in the log will be executed in the administrative interface with potentially serious consequences. This attack pattern is really a combination of two other attack patterns: log injection and stored cross site scripting.
  • Command Line Execution through SQL Injection
    An attacker uses standard SQL injection methods to inject data into the command line for execution. This could be done directly through misuse of directives such as MSSQL_xp_cmdshell or indirectly through injection of data into the database that would be interpreted as shell commands. Sometime later, an unscrupulous backend application (or could be part of the functionality of the same application) fetches the injected data stored in the database and uses this data as command line arguments without performing proper validation. The malicious data escapes that data plane by spawning new commands to be executed on the host.

Nessus

  • NASL familyMisc.
    NASL idSECURITYCENTER_5_8_0_TNS_2018_15.NASL
    descriptionAccording to its self-reported version, the Tenable SecurityCenter application installed on the remote host is 5.7.1 or earlier. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities. Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues nor the stand-alone patch but has instead relied only on the application
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id119149
    published2018-11-27
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/119149
    titleTenable SecurityCenter < 5.8.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (TNS-2018-15)
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(119149);
      script_version("1.4");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/11/01");
    
      script_cve_id(
        "CVE-2013-2153",
        "CVE-2013-2154",
        "CVE-2013-2155",
        "CVE-2013-2156",
        "CVE-2013-2210",
        "CVE-2013-4517",
        "CVE-2014-0107"
      );
      script_bugtraq_id(
        60592,
        60594,
        60595,
        60599,
        60817,
        64437,
        66397
      );
    
      script_name(english:"Tenable SecurityCenter < 5.8.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (TNS-2018-15)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks the SecurityCenter version.");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
    "An application installed on the remote host is affected by multiple
    vulnerabilities.");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
    "According to its self-reported version, the Tenable SecurityCenter
    application installed on the remote host is 5.7.1 or earlier. It is,
    therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities.
    
    Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues nor the stand-alone
    patch but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported
    version number.");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-15");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
    "Upgrade to Tenable SecurityCenter version 5.8.0 or later or apply
    SecurityCenter Patch 201811.1.");
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
      script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:C");
      script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
      script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2014-0107");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/11/07");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/11/07");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/11/27");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"combined");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:tenable:securitycenter");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_family(english:"Misc.");
    
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
    
      script_dependencies("securitycenter_installed.nbin", "securitycenter_detect.nbin");
      script_require_keys("Settings/ParanoidReport");
      script_require_ports("Host/SecurityCenter/Version", "installed_sw/SecurityCenter");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("global_settings.inc");
    include("install_func.inc");
    include("misc_func.inc");
    
    if (report_paranoia < 2) audit(AUDIT_PARANOID);
    
    version = get_kb_item("Host/SecurityCenter/Version");
    port = 0;
    if(empty_or_null(version))
    {
      port = 443;
      install = get_single_install(app_name:"SecurityCenter", combined:TRUE, exit_if_unknown_ver:TRUE);
      version = install["version"];
    }
    fix = "5.8.0";
    
    if (ver_compare(ver:version, fix:fix, strict:FALSE) < 0)
    {
      items = make_array(
        "Installed version", version,
        "Fixed version", fix
      );
      order = make_list("Installed version", "Fixed version");
      report = report_items_str(report_items:items, ordered_fields:order);
    
      security_report_v4(severity:SECURITY_HOLE, port:port, extra:report);
    }
    else
      audit(AUDIT_INST_VER_NOT_VULN, 'SecurityCenter', version);
    
  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DSA-2710.NASL
    descriptionJames Forshaw from Context Information Security discovered several vulnerabilities in xml-security-c, an implementation of the XML Digital Security specification. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2013-2153 The implementation of XML digital signatures in the Santuario-C++ library is vulnerable to a spoofing issue allowing an attacker to reuse existing signatures with arbitrary content. - CVE-2013-2154 A stack overflow, possibly leading to arbitrary code execution, exists in the processing of malformed XPointer expressions in the XML Signature Reference processing code. - CVE-2013-2155 A bug in the processing of the output length of an HMAC-based XML Signature would cause a denial of service when processing specially chosen input. - CVE-2013-2156 A heap overflow exists in the processing of the PrefixList attribute optionally used in conjunction with Exclusive Canonicalization, potentially allowing arbitrary code execution.
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2013-06-19
    plugin id66917
    published2013-06-19
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2013-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/66917
    titleDebian DSA-2710-1 : xml-security-c - several vulnerabilities
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
    # extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-2710. The text 
    # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(66917);
      script_version("1.9");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/12");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2013-2153", "CVE-2013-2154", "CVE-2013-2155", "CVE-2013-2156");
      script_bugtraq_id(60592, 60594, 60595, 60599);
      script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"2710");
    
      script_name(english:"Debian DSA-2710-1 : xml-security-c - several vulnerabilities");
      script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "James Forshaw from Context Information Security discovered several
    vulnerabilities in xml-security-c, an implementation of the XML
    Digital Security specification. The Common Vulnerabilities and
    Exposures project identifies the following problems :
    
      - CVE-2013-2153
        The implementation of XML digital signatures in the
        Santuario-C++ library is vulnerable to a spoofing issue
        allowing an attacker to reuse existing signatures with
        arbitrary content.
    
      - CVE-2013-2154
        A stack overflow, possibly leading to arbitrary code
        execution, exists in the processing of malformed
        XPointer expressions in the XML Signature Reference
        processing code.
    
      - CVE-2013-2155
        A bug in the processing of the output length of an
        HMAC-based XML Signature would cause a denial of service
        when processing specially chosen input.
    
      - CVE-2013-2156
        A heap overflow exists in the processing of the
        PrefixList attribute optionally used in conjunction with
        Exclusive Canonicalization, potentially allowing
        arbitrary code execution."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-2153"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-2154"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-2155"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-2156"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/xml-security-c"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/xml-security-c"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2710"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:
    "Upgrade the xml-security-c packages.
    
    For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been
    fixed in version 1.5.1-3+squeeze2.
    
    For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed
    in version 1.6.1-5+deb7u1."
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
      script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:xml-security-c");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2013/06/18");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2013/06/19");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
      script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("debian_package.inc");
    
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    
    flag = 0;
    if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"libxml-security-c-dev", reference:"1.5.1-3+squeeze2")) flag++;
    if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"libxml-security-c15", reference:"1.5.1-3+squeeze2")) flag++;
    if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libxml-security-c-dev", reference:"1.6.1-5+deb7u1")) flag++;
    if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libxml-security-c16", reference:"1.6.1-5+deb7u1")) flag++;
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
      else security_hole(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");