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From: Sean Amoss <ackle@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201208-04 ] Gajim: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 21:37:47
Message-Id: 502ABC72.9070304@gentoo.org
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: Gajim: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: August 14, 2012
10 Bugs: #411269, #412215
11 ID: 201208-04
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Gajim, the worst of which
19 may allow execution of arbitrary code.
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21 Background
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24 Gajim is a Jabber and XMPP client written in PyGTK.
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26 Affected packages
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30 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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32 1 net-im/gajim < 0.15-r1 >= 0.15-r1
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34 Description
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37 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Gajim. Please review
38 the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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40 Impact
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43 A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted link
44 using Gajim, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the
45 privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.
46 Furthermore, a remote attacker could use a specially crafted Jabber ID,
47 possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary SQL statements.
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49 A local attacker could perform symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary
50 files with the privileges of the user running the application.
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52 Workaround
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55 There is no known workaround at this time.
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57 Resolution
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60 All Gajim users should upgrade to the latest version:
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62 # emerge --sync
63 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-im/gajim-0.15-r1"
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65 References
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68 [ 1 ] CVE-2012-2085
69 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2085
70 [ 2 ] CVE-2012-2086
71 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2086
72 [ 3 ] CVE-2012-2093
73 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2093
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75 Availability
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78 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
79 the Gentoo Security Website:
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81 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201208-04.xml
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83 Concerns?
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86 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
87 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
88 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
89 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
90 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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92 License
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95 Copyright 2012 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
96 belongs to its owner(s).
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98 The contents of this document are licensed under the
99 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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101 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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