CVE-2013-1864

ptlib: denial of service processing certain XML documents

Published May 23, 2014 CVSS 2.0 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 2.9% KEV · Not listed
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."

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2013-1867 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."
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.03817}

epss

{'score': 0.03597}

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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 3:20 PM
Reserved
Feb 19, 2013, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
May 23, 2014, 2:55 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:52 PM
Severity
Low
Public date
Jan 9, 2013, 12:00 AM