# CVE-2015-0851: XMLTooling-C before 1.5.5, as used in OpenSAML-C and Shibboleth Service Provider (SP), does not properly handle integer conversion exception

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2015-08-12 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

XMLTooling-C before 1.5.5, as used in OpenSAML-C and Shibboleth Service Provider (SP), does not properly handle integer conversion exceptions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via schema-invalid XML data.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- http://shibboleth.net/community/advisories/secadv_20150721.txt
- https://git.shibboleth.net/view/?p=cpp-xmltooling.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=2d795c731e6729309044607154978696a87fd900
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76134
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3321

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