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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 11.04 / 11.10 / 12.04 LTS : libotr vulnerability (USN-1541-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 61570

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

Justin Ferguson discovered multiple heap overflows in libotr. A remote attacker could use this to craft a malformed OTR message that could cause a denial of service via application crash or possibly execute arbitrary code.

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Solution

Update the affected libotr2 package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/1541-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 61570

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1541-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/17/2012

Updated: 9/19/2019

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libotr2

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/16/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/20/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3461

BID: 54907

USN: 1541-1