Oracle Solaris Third-Party Patch Update : libotr (cve_2012_3461_denial_of)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 80673

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Synopsis

The remote Solaris system is missing a security patch for third-party software.

Description

The remote Solaris system is missing necessary patches to address security updates :

- The (1) otrl_base64_otr_decode function in src/b64.c;
(2) otrl_proto_data_read_flags and (3) otrl_proto_accept_data functions in src/ proto.c; and (4) decode function in toolkit/parse.c in libotr before 3.2.1 allocates a zero-length buffer when decoding a base64 string, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a message with the value '?OTR:===.', which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. (CVE-2012-3461)

Solution

Upgrade to Solaris 11/11 SRU 12.4.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 80673

File Name: solaris11_libotr_20121016.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Family: Solaris Local Security Checks

Published: 1/19/2015

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:solaris:11.0, p-cpe:/a:oracle:solaris:libotr

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Solaris11/release, Host/Solaris11/pkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 10/16/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3461

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