CVE-2013-1864
mediumpriority · track · 18EPSS 0.029 · 87 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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."
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.7–4.3
weaknesses
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affected products (8)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- suse suse linux enterprise desktop= 11.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- suse suse linux enterprise software development kit= 11.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
also known as (3)
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sources
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references (28)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-March/099553.htmlcnnvd
- http://osvdb.org/91439cnnvd
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q1/674cnnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52659cnnvd
- http://sourceforge.net/p/opalvoip/code/28856cnnvd
- http://www.ekiga.org/news/2013-02-21/ekiga-4.0.1-stable-availablecnnvd
- http://www.opalvoip.org/Patchcnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58520cnnvd
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