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openSUSE Leap 42.1: 2016:0708-1 Important: libotr Integer Overflow

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Calendar Grey March 10, 2016
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Important patch for openSUSE resolving buffer overflow in libotr, strengthening protection against external threats.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Description

libotr and libotr2 were updated to fix one security issue:

- CVE-2016-2851: Integer overflow vulnerability allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on 64 bit platforms (boo#969785)

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Topics Covered

security advisory remote execution important integer overflow openSUSE libotr

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 42.1:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2016-322=1

- openSUSE 13.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2016-322=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 42.1 (i586 x86_64):

libotr-debugsource-4.1.1-4.1

libotr-devel-4.1.1-4.1

libotr-tools-4.1.1-4.1

libotr-tools-debuginfo-4.1.1-4.1

libotr2-3.2.1-13.1

libotr2-debuginfo-3.2.1-13.1

libotr2-debugsource-3.2.1-13.1

libotr2-devel-3.2.1-13.1

libotr2-tools-3.2.1-13.1

libotr2-tools-debuginfo-3.2.1-13.1

libotr5-4.1.1-4.1

libotr5-debuginfo-4.1.1-4.1

- openSUSE 13.2 (i586 x86_64):

libotr-debugsource-4.0.0-8.3.1

libotr-devel-4.0.0-8.3.1

libotr-tools-4.0.0-8.3.1

libotr-tools-debuginfo-4.0.0-8.3.1

libotr2-3.2.1-7.3.1

libotr2-debuginfo-3.2.1-7.3.1

libotr2-debugsource-3.2.1-7.3.1

libotr2-devel-3.2.1-7.3.1

libotr2-tools-3.2.1-7.3.1

libotr2-tools-debuginfo-3.2.1-7.3.1

libotr5-4.0.0-8.3.1

libotr5-debuginfo-4.0.0-8.3.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2851.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/969785

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2016:0708-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.1 openSUSE 13.2 .

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Topics Covered

security advisory remote execution important integer overflow openSUSE libotr

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