openSUSE Security Update: Security update for libotr,libotr2
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Announcement ID:    openSUSE-SU-2016:0708-1
Rating:             important
References:         #969785 
Cross-References:   CVE-2016-2851
Affected Products:
                    openSUSE Leap 42.1
                    openSUSE 13.2
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   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)


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

openSUSE: 2016:0708-1: important: libotr,libotr2

March 10, 2016
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)

 

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


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

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