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openSUSE Security Update : gajim (openSUSE-2016-29)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 88119

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update to gajim 0.16.5 fixes the following security issues :

 - CVE-2015-8688: Message interception due to unverified origin of roster push - Improve security on connexion and for roster managment (boo#960668)

The following on-security improvements were added :

 - Improve MAM implementation.

 - Ability for emoticons to be sorted in menu.

Solution

Update the affected gajim packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=960668

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 88119

File Name: openSUSE-2016-29.nasl

Version: 2.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/25/2016

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gajim-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gajim, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 1/13/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8688