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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : libotr vulnerability (USN-2926-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 89866

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

Markus Vervier discovered that OTR incorrectly handled large incoming messages. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause OTR to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

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Solution

Update the affected libotr2 package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/2926-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 89866

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2926-1.nasl

Version: 2.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/11/2016

Updated: 1/17/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libotr2, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/10/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/7/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-2851

USN: 2926-1