GLSA 201803-07: JabberD 2.x: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	high
Title:	JabberD 2.x: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	03/19/2018
Bugs:	#623806, #629412, #631068
ID:	201803-07

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Gentoo's JabberD 2.x ebuild, the worst of which allows local attackers to escalate privileges.

Background

JabberD 2.x is an open source Jabber server written in C.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
net-im/jabberd2	<= 2.6.1		All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Gentoo’s JabberD 2.x ebuild. Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Impact

An attacker could possibly escalate privileges by owning system binaries in trusted locations, cause a Denial of Service condition by manipulating the PID file from jabberd2 services, bypass security via SASL ANONYMOUS connections or have other unspecified impacts.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

Gentoo has discontinued support for JabberD 2.x and recommends that users unmerge the package:

      # emerge --unmerge "net-im/jabberd2"

As an alternative, users may want to upgrade their systems to use net-im/prosody instead of net-im/jabberd2.

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201803-07.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.