USN-2091-1: OTR vulnerabilities
Publication date
29 January 2014
Overview
Applications using the OTR secure chat protocol could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.
Releases
Packages
- libotr - Off-the-Record Messaging library
Details
This update disables the OTR v1 protocol to prevent protocol downgrade
attacks.
This update disables the OTR v1 protocol to prevent protocol downgrade
attacks.
Update instructions
After a standard system update you need to restart OTR applications to make all the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 12.04 precise | libotr2 – 3.2.0-4ubuntu0.2 | ||
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