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GLSA-201401-02 : Gajim: Information disclosure

medium Nessus Plugin ID 71809

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201401-02 (Gajim: Information disclosure)

 The _ssl_verify_callback() function in tls_nb.py does not properly validate SSL certificates, causing any certificate to be accepted as valid as long as the root CA is valid.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker might employ a specially crafted certificate to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks on SSL connections and potentially disclose sensitive information.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Gajim users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-im/gajim-0.15.3-r1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201401-02

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 71809

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201401-02.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Published: 1/7/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:gajim, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/6/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-5524

BID: 56481

GLSA: 201401-02