Arch Linux: ASA-201706-4 High: Gajim Information Disclosure

Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201706-4
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Severity: High
Date    : 2017-06-05
CVE-ID  : CVE-2016-1037
Package : gajim
Type    : information disclosure
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-284

Summary
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The package gajim before version 0.16.8-1 is vulnerable to information
disclosure.

Resolution
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Upgrade to 0.16.8-1.

# pacman -Syu "gajim>=0.16.8-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 0.16.8.

Workaround
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None.

Description
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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.

Impact
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A malicious attacker can extract user session data by leveraging the
XEP-0146 (remote controlling clients) feature of the XMPP protocol,
which is enabled by default.

References
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https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2016-1037