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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Opalvoip Portable Tool Library up to 2.10.8 (Software Library). Affected is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:
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."
The weakness was released 05/23/2014 (Website). The advisory is available at ekiga.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2013-1864 since 02/19/2013. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 72536 (SuSE 11.3 Security Update : pwlib (SAT Patch Number 8838)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks.
Upgrading to version 2.10.9 eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (82885), Tenable (72536), SecurityFocus (BID 58520†), OSVDB (91439†) and Secunia (SA52659†).
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 72536
Nessus Name: SuSE 11.3 Security Update : pwlib (SAT Patch Number 8838)
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Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Portable Tool Library 2.10.9
Timeline
01/09/2013 🔍02/19/2013 🔍
03/15/2013 🔍
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02/17/2014 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: ekiga.orgStatus: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2013-1864 (🔍)
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X-Force: 82885
SecurityFocus: 58520 - PTLib CVE-2013-1864 XML Parsing Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 52659 - Ptlib Entity Expansion Denial of Service Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 91439
Vulnerability Center: 39451 - PTLib Library Before 2.10.10 XML Parsing Remote DoS Vulnerability, Medium
Entry
Created: 03/25/2015 04:45 PMUpdated: 03/21/2022 06:18 PM
Changes: 03/25/2015 04:45 PM (66), 04/29/2017 12:20 AM (6), 03/21/2022 06:18 PM (3)
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