Opalvoip Portable Tool Library up to 2.10.8 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Opalvoip Portable Tool Library up to 2.10.8. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2013-1864. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 166700 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for pwlib (SUSE-SU-2014:0237-1)).

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†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 72536
Nessus Name: SuSE 11.3 Security Update : pwlib (SAT Patch Number 8838)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Portable Tool Library 2.10.9

Timelineinfo

01/09/2013 🔍
02/19/2013 +41 days 🔍
03/15/2013 +24 days 🔍
03/18/2013 +3 days 🔍
05/07/2013 +50 days 🔍
02/17/2014 +286 days 🔍
05/23/2014 +95 days 🔍
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03/25/2015 +306 days 🔍
12/27/2024 +3565 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: ekiga.org
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-1864 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-1864
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-69786

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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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/25/2015 16:45
Updated: 12/27/2024 16:55
Changes: 03/25/2015 16:45 (66), 04/29/2017 00:20 (6), 03/21/2022 18:18 (3), 12/27/2024 16:55 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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