Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-3528-1)

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[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: libotr-4.1.1-1.fc22

Off-the-Record Messaging Library and Toolkit This is a library and toolkit which implements Off-the-Record OTR Messagi ng. OTR allows you to have private conversations over IM by providing Encryptio n, Authentication, Deniability and Perfect forward secrecy...

pidgin-otr: arbitrary code execution

The pidgin-otr plugin fixes a heap use after free error. The bug is triggered when a user tries to authenticate a buddy and happens in the function createsmpdialog. This issue is leading to denial of service or possibly remote code execution...

FreeBSD : pidgin-otr -- use after free (77e0b631-e6cf-11e5-85be-14dae9d210b8)

Hanno Bock reports : The pidgin-otr plugin version 4.0.2 fixes a heap use after free error. The bug is triggered when a user tries to authenticate a buddy and happens in the function createsmpdialog. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in...

libotr 4.1.0 Memory Corruption

X41 D-Sec GmbH Security Advisory: X41-2016-001 Memory Corruption Vulnerability in "libotr" =========================================== Overview -------- Severity Rating: high Confirmed Affected Version: 4.1.0 and below Confirmed Patched Version: libotr 4.1.1 Vendor: OTR Development Team Vendor UR...

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : libotr vulnerability (USN-2926-1)

Markus Vervier discovered that OTR incorrectly handled large incoming messages. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause OTR to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block...

USN-2926-1: OTR vulnerability

Markus Vervier discovered that OTR incorrectly handled large incoming messages. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause OTR to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code...

libotr Off-the-Record Secure Messaging Security Patch

Users of secure messaging apps such as Pidgin, Adium and others built upon libotr, the Off-the-Record protocol, are being urged to update immediately to current versions after the discovery of a critical flaw that can be used in targeted attacks to expose encrypted communication. The OTR...

libotr 4.1.0 - Memory Corruption

Exploit for multiple platform in category dos / poc ''' X41 D-Sec GmbH Security Advisory: X41-2016-001 Memory Corruption Vulnerability in "libotr" =========================================== Overview -------- Severity Rating: high Confirmed Affected Version: 4.1.0 and below Confirmed Patched...

libotr 4.1.0 - Memory Corruption

libotr 4.1.0 - Memory Corruption ''' X41 D-Sec GmbH Security Advisory: X41-2016-001 Memory Corruption Vulnerability in "libotr" =========================================== Overview -------- Severity Rating: high Confirmed Affected Version: 4.1.0 and below Confirmed Patched Version: libotr 4.1.1...

Debian DSA-3512-1 : libotr - security update

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...

libotr 4.1.0 - Memory Corruption

''' X41 D-Sec GmbH Security Advisory: X41-2016-001 Memory Corruption Vulnerability in "libotr" =========================================== Overview -------- Severity Rating: high Confirmed Affected Version: 4.1.0 and below Confirmed Patched Version: libotr 4.1.1 Vendor: OTR Development Team Vendo...

Tor Messenger - Chat over Tor, Easily

Tor Messenger is a cross-platform chat program that aims to be secure by default and sends all of its traffic over Tor. It supports a wide variety of transport networks, including Jabber XMPP , IRC , Google Talk , Facebook Chat , Twitter , Yahoo , and others; enables Off-the-Record OTR Messaging...

Tor Releases Anonymous Instant Messenger. Here's How to Use It

The Tor Project has officially launched the first beta version of Tor Messenger, an open source and Encrypted instant messaging client that works on top of the Tor network. Tor Messenger is designed by keeping both simplicity and privacy in mind. The team claimed that their app encrypts the conte...

The vulnerability of the Gentoo Linux operating system allows a malicious intruder to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of protected information.

The vulnerability of the pidgin-otr package up to version 3.2.1 of the Gentoo Linux operating system can lead to violations of confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of protected information. This vulnerability can be exploited remotely...

pidgin-otr -- use after free

Hanno Bock reports: The pidgin-otr plugin version 4.0.2 fixes a heap use after free error. The bug is triggered when a user tries to authenticate a buddy and happens in the function createsmpdialog...

OTR.to — Secure 'Off-the-Record' p2p Encrypted Messaging Service

In this post-Snowden era of mass surveillance, being out-of-reach from the spying eyes really doesn't mean they can not get you. So, if you are concerned about your data privacy and are actually searching for a peer-to-peer encrypted messaging service, then it’s time to get one. "Otr.to" — an...

openSUSE Security Update : pidgin-otr (openSUSE-SU-2012:0717-1)

pidgin-otr was prone to a format string flaw in logmessagecb %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from openSUSE Security Update openSUSE-2012-314. The text description of this plugin is C SUSE LLC...

Encrypted Chat Service 'Cryptocat' released iOS app

http://end-to-end%20encryption%2C%20nsa%2C%20cryptocat%2C%20ios%2C%20apple%20app%20store%2C%20download%20app%2C%20secure%20chat%2C%20off-the-record%20messaging%2C...

Tor Instant Messaging Bundle - A New Anonymous and Encrypted messaging Software

We are living in an era of Mass Surveillance, conducted by the Government Agencies like the NSA and GCHQ, and we ourselves gave them an open invitation as we all have sensors in our pockets that track us everywhere we go i.e. Smartphone. Encryption and security are more important today than any...