Gentoo: GLSA-201803-07 High: JabberD 2.x Escalation and DoS Risk
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March 19, 2018
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Gentoo's JabberD 2.x ebuild, the worst of which allows local attackers to escalate privileges
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Gentoo's JabberD 2.x ebuild. Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
Topics Covered
Resolution
Gentoo has discontinued support for JabberD 2.x and recommends that
users unmerge the package:
# emerge --unmerge "net-im/jabberd2"
As an alternative, users may want to upgrade their systems to use net-im/prosody instead of net-im/jabberd2.
As an alternative, users may want to upgrade their systems to use net-im/prosody instead of net-im/jabberd2.
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2017-10807 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10807 [ 2 ] CVE-2017-18225 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18225 [ 3 ] CVE-2017-18226 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18226
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201803-07
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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.
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Severity: High
Title: JabberD 2.x: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: March 19, 2018
Bugs: #623806, #629412, #631068
ID: 201803-07
Topics Covered
Background
JabberD 2.x is an open source Jabber server written in C.
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Affected Packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-im/jabberd2 <= 2.6.1 Vulnerable!
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NOTE: Certain packages are still vulnerable. Users should migrate
to another package if one is available or wait for the
existing packages to be marked stable by their
architecture maintainers.
Impact
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An attacker could possibly escalate privileges by owning system
binaries in trusted locations, cause a Denial of Service condition by
manipulating the PID file from jabberd2 services, bypass security via
SASL ANONYMOUS connections or have other unspecified impacts.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
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