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GLSA-201707-14 : Gajim: Information disclosure

medium Nessus Plugin ID 101345

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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-201707-14 (Gajim: Information disclosure)

 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.

Solution

All Gajim users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-im/gajim-0.16.6-r1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-14

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 101345

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201707-14.nasl

Version: 3.4

Type: local

Published: 7/10/2017

Updated: 12/12/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.5

Temporal Score: 2.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-10376

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/10/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-10376

GLSA: 201707-14