full-disclosure - Re: pidgin OTR information leakage

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Message-ID: <4F4A1B12.1060201@census.gr>
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 13:44:18 +0200
From: Dimitris Glynos <dimitris@...sus.gr>
To: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: pidgin OTR information leakage

On 02/25/2012 06:31 PM, Dimitris Glynos wrote:
> Pidgin transmits OTR (off-the-record) conversations over DBUS in
> plaintext. This makes it possible for attackers that have gained
> user-level access on a host, to listen in on private conversations
> associated with the victim account.

As noted by Peter Lawler this should really be referenced as
a libpurple issue and not a pidgin one. You may find the updated
advisory here:

http://census-labs.com/news/2012/02/25/libpurple-otr-info-leak/

(old URL is valid too)

Best regards,

Dimitris Glynos
--
http://census-labs.com -- IT security research, development and services

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