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gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-201309-07.xml

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201309-07">
<title>libotr: Arbitrary code execution</title>
<synopsis>A buffer overflow vulnerability in libotr could allow a remote
attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service condition.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">libotr</product>
<announced>2013-09-15</announced>
<revised count="1">2013-09-15</revised>
<bug>430486</bug>
<access>remote</access>
<affected>
<package name="net-libs/libotr" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">3.2.1</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="lt">3.2.1</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>libotr is a portable off-the-record messaging library.</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>Multiple heap-based buffer overflows are present in the Base64 decoder
of libotr.
</p>
</description>
<impact type="high">
<p>A remote attacker could send a specially crafted OTR message, resulting
in arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the process or a
Denial of Service condition.
</p>
</impact>
<workaround>
<p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
</workaround>
<resolution>
<p>All libotr users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
<code>
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-libs/libotr-3.2.1"
</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-3461">CVE-2012-3461</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2013-09-11T14:50:36Z">
creffett
</metadata>
<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2013-09-15T04:34:43Z">
creffett
</metadata>
</glsa>