=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2091-1
January 29, 2014

libotr vulnerabilities
=========================================================================
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

Applications using the OTR secure chat protocol could be made to expose
sensitive information over the network.

Software Description:
- libotr: Off-the-Record Messaging library

Details:

This update disables the OTR v1 protocol to prevent protocol downgrade
attacks.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  libotr2                         3.2.0-4ubuntu0.2

After a standard system update you need to restart OTR applications to
make all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2091-1
  https://launchpad.net/bugs/1266016

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libotr/3.2.0-4ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 2091-1: OTR vulnerabilities

January 30, 2014
Applications using the OTR secure chat protocol could be made to exposesensitive information over the network.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: libotr2 3.2.0-4ubuntu0.2 After a standard system update you need to restart OTR applications to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2091-1

https://launchpad.net/bugs/1266016

Severity
January 29, 2014

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libotr/3.2.0-4ubuntu0.2

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