CVE-2013-1864

Published: May 23, 2014Modified: May 6, 2026

4.3

Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability: 8.6 / Impact: 2.9

Source: NVD

Description

The Portable Tool Library (aka PTLib) before 2.10.10, as used in Ekiga before 4.0.1, does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a crafted PXML document containing a large number of nested entity references, aka a "billion laughs attack."

Affected (7)

Products: Opalvoip: Portable Tool Library · Ekiga: Ekiga · Suse: Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop, Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit

1 product

Portable Tool Library

1 product

2 products

Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop

Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit

Configuration A

4 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Opalvoip Portable Tool Library	Version 2.10.1
Opalvoip Portable Tool Library	Version 2.10.2
Opalvoip Portable Tool Library	Version 2.10.7
Opalvoip Portable Tool Library	Version 2.10.9

Configuration B

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Ekiga Ekiga	Up to 4.0.0

Configuration C

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop	Version 11.0 sp3
Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit	Version 11.0 sp3

Related CWEs

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (18)

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-March/099553.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://osvdb.org/91439

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q1/674

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/52659

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://sourceforge.net/p/opalvoip/code/28856

Source: secalert@redhat.com

ExploitPatch

http://www.ekiga.org/news/2013-02-21/ekiga-4.0.1-stable-available

Source: secalert@redhat.com

PatchVendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58520

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/82885

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2014/suse-su-20140237-1.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-March/099553.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://osvdb.org/91439

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q1/674

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://secunia.com/advisories/52659

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://sourceforge.net/p/opalvoip/code/28856

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

ExploitPatch

http://www.ekiga.org/news/2013-02-21/ekiga-4.0.1-stable-available

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

PatchVendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58520

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/82885

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2014/suse-su-20140237-1.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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