openSUSE 13.1: 0732-1 Important Libotr Integer Overflow Exploit
opensuse
March 12, 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)
Topics Covered
Patch
Patch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE 13.1:
zypper in -t patch 2016-333=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List
- openSUSE 13.1 (i586 x86_64):
libotr-debugsource-4.0.0-5.7.1
libotr-devel-4.0.0-5.7.1
libotr-tools-4.0.0-5.7.1
libotr-tools-debuginfo-4.0.0-5.7.1
libotr2-3.2.1-5.3.1
libotr2-debuginfo-3.2.1-5.3.1
libotr2-debugsource-3.2.1-5.3.1
libotr2-devel-3.2.1-5.3.1
libotr2-tools-3.2.1-5.3.1
libotr2-tools-debuginfo-3.2.1-5.3.1
libotr5-4.0.0-5.7.1
libotr5-debuginfo-4.0.0-5.7.1
References
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2851.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=969785
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2016:0732-1
Rating: important
Affected Products:
openSUSE 13.1
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Topics Covered
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