Vigil@nce - Gajim: information disclosure via OTR
January 2017 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can use a vulnerability of the OTR plugin of Gajim, in
order to obtain sensitive information.
– Impacted products: Gajim.
– Severity: 2/4.
– Creation date: 02/11/2016.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The Off-the-Record module can be installed on Gajim, in order to
encrypt messages.
However, the XHTML body generated by otrmodule.py contains clear
text data.
An attacker can therefore use a vulnerability of the OTR plugin of
Gajim, in order to obtain sensitive information.
ACCESS TO THE COMPLETE VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Gajim-information-disclosure-via-OTR-20988