CVE-2012-3461
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3461
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2012-3461.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2012-3461
- Published
- 2012-08-20T19:55:05Z
- Modified
- 2025-04-11T00:51:21Z
- Downstream
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
The (1) otrlbase64otrdecode function in src/b64.c; (2) otrlprotodatareadflags and (3) otrlprotoacceptdata functions in src/proto.c; and (4) decode function in toolkit/parse.c in libotr before 3.2.1 allocates a zero-length buffer when decoding a base64 string, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a message with the value "?OTR:===.", which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
- References
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- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2526
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:131
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:097
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1541-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=846377
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=684121
- http://lists.cypherpunks.ca/pipermail/otr-dev/2012-July/001347.html
- http://lists.cypherpunks.ca/pipermail/otr-dev/2012-July/001348.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00016.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00019.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00019.html
- http://otr.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=otr/libotr%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=1902baee5d4b056850274ed0fa8c2409f1187435
- http://otr.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=otr/libotr%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=6d4ca89cf1d3c9a8aff696c3a846ac5a51f762c1
- http://otr.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=otr/libotr%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=b17232f86f8e60d0d22caf9a2400494d3c77da58
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54907
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77528
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3461
Affected packages
Debian:11 / libotr
Package
- Name
- libotr
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/libotr?arch=source
Debian:12 / libotr
Package
- Name
- libotr
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/libotr?arch=source
Debian:13 / libotr
Package
- Name
- libotr
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/libotr?arch=source