# CVE-2015-8688: Gajim before 0.16.5 allows remote attackers to modify the roster and intercept messages via a crafted roster-push IQ stanza.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2016-01-15 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Gajim before 0.16.5 allows remote attackers to modify the roster and intercept messages via a crafted roster-push IQ stanza.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00027.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3492
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175503.html
- https://hg.gajim.org/gajim/file/gajim-0.16.5/ChangeLog
- http://gultsch.de/gajim_roster_push_and_message_interception.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175526.html

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