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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.71841
Category:FreeBSD Local Security Checks
Title:FreeBSD Ports: libotr
Summary:The remote host is missing an update to the system; as announced in the referenced advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update to the system
as announced in the referenced advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
The following package is affected: libotr

CVE-2012-3461
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.

Solution:
Update your system with the appropriate patches or
software upgrades.

CVSS Score:
4.3

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-3461
54907
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54907
DSA-2526
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2526
MDVSA-2012:131
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:131
MDVSA-2013:097
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:097
SUSE-SU-2012:1578
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00019.html
USN-1541-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1541-1
[OTR-dev] 20120727 Re: otrl_base64_otr_decode() function...
http://lists.cypherpunks.ca/pipermail/otr-dev/2012-July/001348.html
[OTR-dev] 20120727 otrl_base64_otr_decode() function...
http://lists.cypherpunks.ca/pipermail/otr-dev/2012-July/001347.html
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=684121
http://otr.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=otr/libotr%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=1902baee5d4b056850274ed0fa8c2409f1187435
http://otr.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=otr/libotr%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=6d4ca89cf1d3c9a8aff696c3a846ac5a51f762c1
http://otr.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=otr/libotr%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=b17232f86f8e60d0d22caf9a2400494d3c77da58
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=846377
libotr-base64-bo(77528)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77528
openSUSE-SU-2012:1525
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00016.html
openSUSE-SU-2013:0155
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00019.html
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