Description
Integer overflow in proto.c in libotr before 4.1.1 on 64-bit platforms allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or execute arbitrary code via a series of large OTR messages, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2926-1 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537745/100/0/threaded ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3512 ↗
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-10 ↗
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39550/ ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84285 ↗
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Mar/21 ↗
- https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2016-001-libotr/ ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00021.html ↗
- https://lists.cypherpunks.ca/pipermail/otr-users/2016-March/002581.html ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00030.html ↗