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Gentoo: GLSA 202103-15 Normal: Openfire Elevated Access Vulnerabilities

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Calendar Grey December 31, 2016
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
The March 2023 security advisory from Gentoo, GLSA 202303-17, outlines several vulnerabilities within the Apache Axis framework, highlighting possible threats related to data integrity.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Openfire, the worst of which could lead to privilege escalation.

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 gentoo privilege escalation multiple issues normal csrf openfire

Resolution

All Openfire users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-im/openfire-4.1.0"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2015-6972 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-6972 [ 2 ] CVE-2015-6973 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-6973 [ 3 ] CVE-2015-7707 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-7707

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-50
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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: December 31, 2016
Bugs: #603604
ID: 201612-50

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Topics Covered

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Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Openfire, the worst of which could lead to privilege escalation.

Background

Openfire (formerly Wildfire) is a cross-platform real-time collaboration server based on the XMPP (Jabber) protocol.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-im/openfire < 4.1.0 >= 4.1.0

Impact

===== A remote attacker could bypass the CSRF protection mechanism, conduct Cross-Site Scripting attacks, or an authenticated remote attacker could gain privileges while accessing Openfire's web interface.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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