UBUNTU-CVE-2011-2516

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-2516
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2011/UBUNTU-CVE-2011-2516.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2011-2516
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:42:43Z
Published
2011-07-11T20:55:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:30:47.249824Z
Severity
  • Ubuntu - medium
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

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / shibboleth-sp2

Package

Name
shibboleth-sp2
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/shibboleth-sp2@2.5.2+dfsg-2?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.5.2+dfsg-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libapache2-mod-shib2",
            "binary_version": "2.5.2+dfsg-2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libshibsp-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.5.2+dfsg-2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libshibsp-doc",
            "binary_version": "2.5.2+dfsg-2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libshibsp6",
            "binary_version": "2.5.2+dfsg-2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "shibboleth-sp2-schemas",
            "binary_version": "2.5.2+dfsg-2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2011/UBUNTU-CVE-2011-2516.json"