Alpine: multiple libotr packages: security update to 3.2.0-r1 (deprecated)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 401333

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- The (1) otrl_base64_otr_decode function in src/b64.c; (2) otrl_proto_data_read_flags and (3)
otrl_proto_accept_data 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. (CVE-2012-3461)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 401333

Version: Revision 1.25

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/16/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-3461

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/15/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/8/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3461

BID: 54907

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