CVE-2016-10376

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.

Category

4.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.45%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory gajim.org Vendor Advisory gajim.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://dev.gajim.org/gajim/gajim/commit/cb65cfc5aed9efe05208ebbb7fb2d41fcf7253cc patch vendor advisory
https://mail.jabber.org/pipermail/standards/2016-August/031335.html third party advisory mailing list
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-14 vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3943 vendor advisory
https://dev.gajim.org/gajim/gajim/issues/8378 patch vendor advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/863445 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-10376?
CVE-2016-10376 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-10376?
To fix CVE-2016-10376, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2016-10376 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2016-10376 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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