Mageia alert MGASA-2012-0223 (libotr)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2012-0223: libotr-3.2.0-5.2.mga (1,
 2/core) 
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Sat, 18 Aug 2012 12:11:46 +0200
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MGASA-2012-0223
Date: 	August 18th, 2012
Affected releases: 	1, 2


Description:
Updated libotr packages fix security vulnerability:

Just Ferguson discovered that libotr, an off-the-record (OTR) messaging
library, can be forced to perform zero-length allocations for heap
buffers that are used in base64 decoding routines. An attacker can
exploit this flaw by sending crafted messages to an application that
is using libotr to perform denial of service attacks or potentially
execute arbitrary code (CVE-2012-3461)


Updated Packages:
Mageia 1:
lib(64)otr2-3.2.0-5.2.mga1
lib(64)otr-devel-3.2.0-5.2.mga1
libotr-utils-3.2.0-5.2.mga1

Mageia 2:
lib(64)otr2-3.2.0-5.2.mga2
lib(64)otr-devel-3.2.0-5.2.mga2
libotr-utils-3.2.0-5.2.mga2


References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-3461
http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/advisories/?d...
https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7043
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-...