Debian DLA-724-1 : mcabber security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 95360

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

It was discovered that there was a 'roster push attack' [0] in mcabber, a console-based Jabber (XMPP) client.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', this issue has been fixed in mcabber version 0.10.1-3+deb7u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your mcabber packages.

[0] https://gultsch.de/gajim_roster_push_and_message_interception.html

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected mcabber package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 95360

File Name: debian_DLA-724.nasl

Version: 3.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 11/28/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mcabber

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 11/27/2016

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