[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: libotr-3.2.1-1.fc16
updates at fedoraproject.org
updates at fedoraproject.org
Sat Aug 25 03:01:16 UTC 2012
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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2012-11934
2012-08-15 22:24:44
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Name : libotr
Product : Fedora 16
Version : 3.2.1
Release : 1.fc16
URL : http://otr.cypherpunks.ca/
Summary : Off-The-Record Messaging library and toolkit
Description :
Off-the-Record Messaging Library and Toolkit
This is a library and toolkit which implements Off-the-Record (OTR) Messaging.
OTR allows you to have private conversations over IM by providing Encryption,
Authentication, Deniability and Perfect forward secrecy.
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Update Information:
Updated to 3.2.1, updates patch for rhbz#846377, CVE-2012-3461
Patch for multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the Base64
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ChangeLog:
* Wed Aug 15 2012 Paul Wouters <pwouters at redhat.com> - 3.2.1-1
- Updated to 3.2.1, updates patch for rhbz#846377, CVE-2012-3461
* Wed Aug 8 2012 Paul Wouters <pwouters at redhat.com> - 3.2.0-7
- Patch for Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the Base64 decoder
(rhbz#846377, upstream will not release 3.2.1 for this)
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #846377 - CVE-2012-3461 libotr: Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the Base64 decoder
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=846377
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use
su -c 'yum update libotr' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.
All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/keys
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