# CVE-2016-10376: Gajim through 0.16.7 unconditionally implements the "XEP-0146: Remote Controlling Clients" extension.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-05-28 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## References

- https://dev.gajim.org/gajim/gajim/commit/cb65cfc5aed9efe05208ebbb7fb2d41fcf7253cc
- https://mail.jabber.org/pipermail/standards/2016-August/031335.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-14
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3943
- https://dev.gajim.org/gajim/gajim/issues/8378
- https://bugs.debian.org/863445

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