Upstream information
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."SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Resolved
This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.
| National Vulnerability Database | |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 4.3 |
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
SUSE Security Advisories:
- SUSE-SU-2014:0237-1, published Fri Feb 14 15:04:10 MST 2014
List of released packages
| Product(s) | Fixed package version(s) | References |
|---|---|---|
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 |
| Patchnames: sdksp3-pwlib sledsp3-pwlib |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 |
| Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA pwlib-1.10.10-120.35.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 |
| Patchnames: sdksp3-pwlib |
Status of this issue by product and package
Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.
| Product(s) | Source package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore. | ||
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 | libpt2 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 | pwlib | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 | libpt2 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 | pwlib | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 | libpt2 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 | pwlib | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 | libpt2 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 | pwlib | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 | libpt2 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 | pwlib | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 | libpt2 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 | pwlib | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP2 | libpt2 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP2 | pwlib | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3 | libpt2 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3 | pwlib | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 | libpt2 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 | pwlib | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 | libpt2 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 | pwlib | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 | libpt2 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 | pwlib | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 | libpt2 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 | pwlib | Already fixed |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Wed Jun 12 01:20:48 2013CVE page last modified: Wed Oct 9 19:14:10 2024