CVE-2017-5592 (GCVE-0-2017-5592)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-02-09 20:00
Modified
2024-08-05 15:04
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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).
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/09/29Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96173Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/boothj5/profanity/commit/8e75437a7e43d4c55e861691f74892e666e29b0bPatch
cve@mitre.orghttps://rt-solutions.de/en/2017/02/CVE-2017-5589_xmpp_carbons/Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://rt-solutions.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/CVE-2017-5589_xmpp_carbons.pdfExploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/09/29Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96173Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/boothj5/profanity/commit/8e75437a7e43d4c55e861691f74892e666e29b0bPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://rt-solutions.de/en/2017/02/CVE-2017-5589_xmpp_carbons/Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://rt-solutions.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/CVE-2017-5589_xmpp_carbons.pdfExploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
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