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56 lines
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="201309-07">
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<title>libotr: Arbitrary code execution</title>
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<synopsis>A buffer overflow vulnerability in libotr could allow a remote
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attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service condition.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">libotr</product>
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<announced>September 15, 2013</announced>
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<revised>September 15, 2013: 1</revised>
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<bug>430486</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="net-libs/libotr" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">3.2.1</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">3.2.1</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>libotr is a portable off-the-record messaging library.</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>Multiple heap-based buffer overflows are present in the Base64 decoder
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of libotr.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="high">
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<p>A remote attacker could send a specially crafted OTR message, resulting
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in arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the process or a
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Denial of Service condition.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>All libotr users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-libs/libotr-3.2.1"
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</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-3461">CVE-2012-3461</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Wed, 11 Sep 2013 14:50:36 +0000">
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creffett
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sun, 15 Sep 2013 04:34:43 +0000">
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creffett
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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