CVE-2016-10376

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-10376
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-05-28 00:29:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionGajim 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 4.5 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-310 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary4.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
2.0[email protected]Primary3.5AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gajim Gajim All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
XEP-0146 makes it possible to extract plain-text from OTR sessions (#8378) · Issues · gajim / gajim · GitLab af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 dev.gajim.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
#863445 - gajim: CVE-2016-10376: possible to remote extract plain-text from encrypted sessions - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Add config option to activate XEP-0146 commands (cb65cfc5) · Commits · gajim / gajim · GitLab af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 dev.gajim.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3943-1 gajim af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Gajim: Information disclosure (GLSA 201707-14) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
[Standards] Depreciating XEP-0146: Remote Controlling Clients af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 mail.jabber.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710534 Gentoo Linux Gajim Information disclosure Vulnerability (GLSA 201707-14)

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