USN-2091-1: OTR vulnerabilities
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2091-1
29th January, 2014
libotr vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary
Applications using the OTR secure chat protocol could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.
Software description
- libotr - Off-the-Record Messaging library
Details
This update disables the OTR v1 protocol to prevent protocol downgrade
attacks.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
- libotr2 3.2.0-4ubuntu0.2
To update your system, please follow these instructions: http://bit.ly/1aJDvTw.
After a standard system update you need to restart OTR applications to
make all the necessary changes.
References
via Ubuntu Security Notices http://bit.ly/1baoQnm