Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20131864000
Revision Date:2014-05-23Version:1
Title:CVE-2013-1864 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - medium.
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."
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2013-1864
Platform(s):Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) is installed.
  • AND Package Information
  • The 'ptlib' package in precise is affected and needs fixing.
  • OR The 'pwlib' package in precise is affected and needs fixing.
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