MGASA-2017-0166

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    MGASA-2017-0166

    Published: 10 Jun 2017Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-10376

    Summary: Updated gajim packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: Gajim unconditionally implements the "XEP-0146: Remote Controlling Clients" extension, which may be abused by malicious XMPP servers to, for example, extract plaintext from OTR encrypted sessions (CVE-2016-10376).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0166.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20962, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/28/1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: gajim

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/gajim?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.16.5-1.1.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High