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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 4.5
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade gajim | May 30, 2017 | May 27, 2017 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade net-im/gajim. | Oct 30, 2017 | May 27, 2017 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade gajimUpgrade gajim-lang | Jun 8, 2017 | May 27, 2017 |
| Ubuntu | — | No solution exists | Jun 26, 2025 | May 28, 2017 |
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