CVE-2017-5592 An incorrect implementation of "XEP-0280: Message Carbons" in multiple XMPP clients allows a remote attacker to impersonate any user, including contacts, in the vulnerable application's display. This....
MediumCVSS 5.9
EPSS 0.84%
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- No public exploit known
Description
An incorrect implementation of "XEP-0280: Message Carbons" in multiple XMPP clients allows a remote attacker to impersonate any user, including contacts, in the vulnerable application's display. This allows for various kinds of social engineering attacks. This CVE is for profanity (0.4.7 - 0.5.0).
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| debian/profanity(Debian:12) | < 0.5.1-1 | 0.5.1-1 |
| debian/profanity(Debian:13) | < 0.5.1-1 | 0.5.1-1 |
| debian/profanity(Debian:14) | < 0.5.1-1 | 0.5.1-1 |
| profanity project profanity | = 0.4.7 | No fix listed |
| profanity project profanity | = 0.4.7-cyg1 | No fix listed |
| profanity project profanity | = 0.4.7-cyg2 | No fix listed |
| profanity project profanity | = 0.4.7-cyg3 | No fix listed |
| profanity project profanity | = 0.4.7-patch1 | No fix listed |
| profanity project profanity | = 0.5.0 | No fix listed |
| profanity project profanity | = 0.5.0-rc1 | No fix listed |
References
- Debian Security Tracker CVE-2017-5592 vendor-advisory
- openwall.com exploit mailing-list third-party-advisory
- 96173 third-party-advisory vdb-entry
- github.com patch
- rt-solutions.de exploit technical-description third-party-advisory
- rt-solutions.de exploit technical-description third-party-advisory
- bugs.debian.org issue-tracking