Upstream information
Description
Gajim 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.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products
This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.
| CVSS detail | National Vulnerability Database |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 3.5 |
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | None |
| CVSS detail | National Vulnerability Database |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 4.5 |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| Attack Vector | Network |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | High |
| User Interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact | High |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | None |
| CVSSv3 Version | 3 |
SUSE Security Advisories:
- openSUSE-SU-2017:1506-1
List of released packages
| Product(s) | Fixed package version(s) | References |
|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed |
| Patchnames: openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-10775 |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Sun May 28 06:18:24 2017CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:27:40 2025