Markus Vervier of X41 D-Sec GmbH discovered
an integer overflow vulnerability in libotr, an off-the-record (OTR) messaging
library, in the way how the sizes of portions of incoming messages were stored. A
remote attacker can exploit this flaw by sending crafted messages to an
application that is using libotr to perform denial of service attacks
(application crash), or potentially, execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the user running the application.
# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: deb_3512.nasl 6608 2017-07-07 12:05:05Z cfischer $
# Auto-generated from advisory DSA 3512-1 using nvtgen 1.0
# Script version: 1.0
#
# Author:
# Greenbone Networks
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2016 Greenbone Networks GmbH http://greenbone.net
# Text descriptions are largely excerpted from the referenced
# advisory, and are Copyright (c) the respective author(s)
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if(description)
{
script_id(703512);
script_version("$Revision: 6608 $");
script_cve_id("CVE-2016-2851");
script_name("Debian Security Advisory DSA 3512-1 (libotr - security update)");
script_tag(name: "last_modification", value: "$Date: 2017-07-07 14:05:05 +0200 (Fri, 07 Jul 2017) $");
script_tag(name: "creation_date", value: "2016-03-09 00:00:00 +0100 (Wed, 09 Mar 2016)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_tag(name: "solution_type", value: "VendorFix");
script_tag(name: "qod_type", value: "package");
script_xref(name: "URL", value: "http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3512.html");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2016 Greenbone Networks GmbH http://greenbone.net");
script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/debian_linux", "ssh/login/packages");
script_tag(name: "affected", value: "libotr on Debian Linux");
script_tag(name: "insight", value: "libotr is an Off-the-Record (OTR) Messaging Library and Toolkit.");
script_tag(name: "solution", value: "For the oldstable distribution (wheezy),
this problem has been fixed in version 3.2.1-1+deb7u2.
For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 4.1.0-2+deb8u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your libotr packages.");
script_tag(name: "summary", value: "Markus Vervier of X41 D-Sec GmbH discovered
an integer overflow vulnerability in libotr, an off-the-record (OTR) messaging
library, in the way how the sizes of portions of incoming messages were stored. A
remote attacker can exploit this flaw by sending crafted messages to an
application that is using libotr to perform denial of service attacks
(application crash), or potentially, execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the user running the application.");
script_tag(name: "vuldetect", value: "This check tests the installed software
version using the apt package manager.");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");
res = "";
report = "";
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libotr2", ver:"3.2.1-1+deb7u2", rls_regex:"DEB7.[0-9]+")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libotr2-bin", ver:"3.2.1-1+deb7u2", rls_regex:"DEB7.[0-9]+")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libotr2-dev", ver:"3.2.1-1+deb7u2", rls_regex:"DEB7.[0-9]+")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libotr5", ver:"4.1.0-2+deb8u1", rls_regex:"DEB8.[0-9]+")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libotr5-bin", ver:"4.1.0-2+deb8u1", rls_regex:"DEB8.[0-9]+")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libotr5-dev", ver:"4.1.0-2+deb8u1", rls_regex:"DEB8.[0-9]+")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if (report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
exit(99); # Not vulnerable.
}