vulnerability
FreeBSD: libotr -- integer overflow (CVE-2016-2851)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Feb 17, 2016 | Mar 10, 2016 | Oct 30, 2017 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Feb 17, 2016
Added
Mar 10, 2016
Modified
Oct 30, 2017
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.
Solutions
freebsd-upgrade-package-libotrfreebsd-upgrade-package-libotr3
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