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Gentoo: 201406-35 Normal: Openfire Denial of Service Issues

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Openfire security bulletin highlights various vulnerabilities, presenting possible Denial of Service threats. Patches released immediately.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Openfire, the worst of which could lead to a Denial of Service condition.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Openfire. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo normal severity openfire issue

Resolution

All Openfire users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-im/openfire-3.9.2-r1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2009-1595 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-1595 [ 2 ] CVE-2009-1596 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-1596 [ 3 ] CVE-2014-2741 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-2741

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201406-35
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: Openfire: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: June 30, 2014
Bugs: #266129, #507242
ID: 201406-35

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo normal severity openfire issue

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Openfire, the worst of which could lead to a Denial of Service condition.

Background

Openfire is a real time collaboration (RTC) server.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-im/openfire < 3.9.2-r1 >= 3.9.2-r1

Impact

===== A remote attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition or bypass security restrictions.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.