USN-4306-1: Dino vulnerabilities
dino-im vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Summary
Several security issues were fixed in dino-im.
Software Description
- dino-im – modern XMPP client
Details
It was discovered that Dino incorrectly validated inputs. An attacker could use
this issue to possibly obtain, inject or remove sensitive information.
This update also includes a fix to the encryption implementation in Dino to
support 12 byte IVs, in addition to 16 byte IVs.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- dino-im – 0.0.git20180130-1ubuntu0.1
- dino-im-common – 0.0.git20180130-1ubuntu0.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Source: USN-4306-1: Dino vulnerabilities
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