DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2516

Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2516
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2516.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2516
Upstream
Downstream
Published
2011-07-11T20:55:01Z
Modified
2026-09-14T06:47:28Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / xml-security-c

Package

Name
xml-security-c
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/xml-security-c?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.6.1-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2516.json"

Debian:13 / xml-security-c

Package

Name
xml-security-c
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/xml-security-c?arch=source&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.6.1-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2516.json"

Debian:14 / xml-security-c

Package

Name
xml-security-c
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/xml-security-c?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.6.1-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2516.json"