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CVE-2016-2851

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2016-03-09	libotr -- integer overflow

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CVE-2016-2851 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2016-2851
Phase	Assigned(20160306)

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.

References

Source	Reference
BUGTRAQ	20160309 Advisory X41-2016-001: Memory Corruption Vulnerability in "libotr"
FULLDISC	20160309 Advisory X41-2016-001: Memory Corruption Vulnerability in "libotr"
MLIST	[OTR-users] 20160309 Security Advisory: upgrade to libotr 4.1.1
MISC	https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2016-001-libotr/
DEBIAN	DSA-3512
SUSE	openSUSE-SU-2016:0708