Security update for libotr
SUSE Security Update: Security update for libotr
| Announcement ID: | SUSE-SU-2016:0706-1 |
| Rating: | moderate |
| References: | #969785 |
| Affected Products: |
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.
Description:
This update for libotr fixes the following issues:
- Apply "libotr-CVE-2016-2851.patch" to fix integer overflows that used to
occur on 64-bit architectures when receiving 4GB messages. This flaw
could potentially have been exploited by an attacker to remotely execute
arbitrary code on the user's machine. (CVE-2016-2851, bsc#969785)
Patch Instructions:
To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4:
zypper in -t patch sdksp4-libotr-12442=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4:
zypper in -t patch slessp4-libotr-12442=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP4:
zypper in -t patch sledsp4-libotr-12442=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:
zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-libotr-12442=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- libotr-devel-3.2.0-10.5.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- libotr2-3.2.0-10.5.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP4 (i586 x86_64):
- libotr2-3.2.0-10.5.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- libotr-debuginfo-3.2.0-10.5.1
- libotr-debugsource-3.2.0-10.5.1