DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3461

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3461
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3461.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3461
Upstream
Downstream
Published
2012-08-20T19:55:05.527Z
Modified
2025-11-19T01:04:39.083874Z
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

Affected packages

Debian:11 / libotr

Package

Name
libotr
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libotr?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.2.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "medium"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3461.json"

Debian:12 / libotr

Package

Name
libotr
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libotr?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.2.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "medium"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3461.json"

Debian:13 / libotr

Package

Name
libotr
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libotr?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.2.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "medium"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3461.json"

Debian:14 / libotr

Package

Name
libotr
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libotr?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.2.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "medium"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3461.json"