GHSA-8gwc-x7mg-7p7pMedium

Apache XML Security For Java vulnerable to Infinite Loop

Published
May 14, 2022
Last Modified
March 5, 2024

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

📋 Description

Affected versions of xmlsec are subject to a denial of service vulnerability. Should a user check the signature of a message larger than 512 MB, the method expandSize(int newPos) of class org.apache.xml.security.utils.UnsyncByteArrayOutputStream goes in an endless loop. A remote attacker could use this flaw to supply crafted XML that would lead to a denial of service.

🎯 Affected products2

  • maven/org.apache.santuario:xmlsec:>= 1.4.0, < 1.4.8
  • maven/org.apache.santuario:xmlsec:>= 1.5.0, < 1.5.3

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