Security update for libotr

SUSE Security Update: Security update for libotr
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2012:1578-1
Rating: important
References: #777468
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4
  • SLE SDK 10 SP4

  • An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

    Description:


    This update fixes various heap overflows in libotr.
    CVE-2012-3461 has been assigned to this issue.

    Security Issue reference:

    * CVE-2012-3461
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    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 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sdksp2-libotr-7076
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-libotr-7076
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-libotr-7076
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-libotr-7076

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • libotr-devel-3.2.0-10.3.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • libotr2-3.2.0-10.3.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • libotr2-3.2.0-10.3.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
    • libotr2-3.2.0-10.3.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (i586 x86_64):
    • libotr-3.0.0-16.9.1
    • SLE SDK 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64):
    • libotr-3.0.0-16.9.1
    • libotr-devel-3.0.0-16.9.1

    References:

    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3461.html
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/777468
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=185be6b158bccfaa385e8682935d125d
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=fe4d1b88e23655d9450cf3fc8115a6e8