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GLSA-201803-07 : JabberD 2.x: Multiple vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 108433

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201803-07 (JabberD 2.x: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Gentoo’s JabberD 2.x ebuild. Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
 Impact :

 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.

Solution

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.

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201803-07

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 108433

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201803-07.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 3/19/2018

Updated: 6/7/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:jabberd2, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 3/19/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-10807, CVE-2017-18225, CVE-2017-18226

GLSA: 201803-07