CVE-2016-10376 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Gajim through 0.16.7 unconditionally implements the "XEP-0146: Remote Controlling Clients" extension. This can be abused by malicious XMPP servers to, for example, extract plaintext from OTR encrypted sessions.

Published: 2017-05-28

Score: 4.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gajim:gajim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-967-1	gajim security update
Debian DSA	DSA-3943-1	gajim security update
EUVD	EUVD-2016-1558	Gajim through 0.16.7 unconditionally implements the "XEP-0146: Remote Controlling Clients" extension. This can be abused by malicious XMPP servers to, for example, extract plaintext from OTR encrypted sessions.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00523.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3943
https://bugs.debian.org/863445
https://dev.gajim.org/gajim/gajim/commit/cb65cfc5aed9efe05208ebbb7fb2d41fcf7253cc
https://dev.gajim.org/gajim/gajim/issues/8378
https://mail.jabber.org/pipermail/standards/2016-August/031335.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-14

History

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Gajim Gajim

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-05-28T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T03:21:51.706Z

Reserved: 2017-05-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-10376

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-05-28T00:29:00.343

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2016-10376

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-310

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