MGASA-2012-0223
| Date: | August 18th, 2012 |
| Affected releases: | 1, 2 |
Description:
Updated libotr packages fix security vulnerability:
Just Ferguson discovered that libotr, an off-the-record (OTR) messaging
library, can be forced to perform zero-length allocations for heap
buffers that are used in base64 decoding routines. An attacker can
exploit this flaw by sending crafted messages to an application that
is using libotr to perform denial of service attacks or potentially
execute arbitrary code (CVE-2012-3461)
Updated Packages:
Mageia 1:
lib(64)otr2-3.2.0-5.2.mga1
lib(64)otr-devel-3.2.0-5.2.mga1
libotr-utils-3.2.0-5.2.mga1
Mageia 2:
lib(64)otr2-3.2.0-5.2.mga2
lib(64)otr-devel-3.2.0-5.2.mga2
libotr-utils-3.2.0-5.2.mga2
References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-3461
http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/advisories/?dis=2011&name=MDVSA-2012:131
https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7043
