GLSA 201707-14: Gajim: Information disclosure

Severity:normal
Title:Gajim: Information disclosure
Date:07/10/2017
Bugs: #620146
ID:201707-14

Synopsis

A vulnerability in Gajim might allow remote attackers to intercept encrypted communications.

Background

Gajim is a Jabber/XMPP client which uses GTK+.

Affected packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected Architecture(s)
net-im/gajim < 0.16.6-r1 >= 0.16.6-r1 All supported architectures

Description

Gajim unconditionally implements the “XEP-0146: Remote Controlling Clients” extension.

Impact

Remote attackers, by enticing a user to connect to a malicious XMPP server, could extract plaintext from Off The Record (OTR) encrypted sessions.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Gajim users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-im/gajim-0.16.6-r1"
    

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201707-14.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License

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