GLSA 201208-04: Gajim: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Gajim: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	08/14/2012
Bugs:	#411269, #412215
ID:	201208-04

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Gajim, the worst of which may allow execution of arbitrary code.

Background

Gajim is a Jabber and XMPP client written in PyGTK.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
net-im/gajim	< 0.15-r1	>= 0.15-r1	All supported architectures

Description

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

Impact

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted link using Gajim, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition. Furthermore, a remote attacker could use a specially crafted Jabber ID, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary SQL statements.

A local attacker could perform symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running the application.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Gajim users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-im/gajim-0.15-r1"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201208-04.xml

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.