CVE-2011-2516 Information

Description

Off-by-one error in the XML signature feature in Apache XML Security for C++ 1.6.0 as used in Shibboleth before 2.4.3 and possibly other products allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a signature using a large RSA key which triggers a buffer overflow.

Reference

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-July/063159.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-July/063229.html http://santuario.apache.org/secadv/CVE-2011-2516.txt http://secunia.com/advisories/45151 http://secunia.com/advisories/45191 http://secunia.com/advisories/45198 http://secunia.com/advisories/45491 http://shibboleth.internet2.edu/secadv/secadv_20110706.txt http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2277 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/518756/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48611 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025755 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68420 https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SANTUARIO-271 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/680e6938b6412e26d5446054fd31de2011d33af11786b989127d1cc3@3Ccommits.santuario.apache.org3E