ubuntu-cve-2017-5592
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2017-02-09 20:59
Modified
2025-10-24 04:46
Summary
Details

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).

Severity
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "profanity",
            "binary_version": "0.4.7-1build1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "profanity",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/profanity@0.4.7-1build1?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "0.4.6-1",
        "0.4.7-1",
        "0.4.7-1build1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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\u0027s display. This allows for various kinds of social engineering attacks. This CVE is for profanity (0.4.7 - 0.5.0).",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5592",
  "modified": "2025-10-24T04:46:09Z",
  "published": "2017-02-09T20:59:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5592"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/09/29"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/boothj5/profanity/commit/8e75437a7e43d4c55e861691f74892e666e29b0b"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://rt-solutions.de/en/2017/02/CVE-2017-5589_xmpp_carbons/"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://rt-solutions.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/CVE-2017-5589_xmpp_carbons.pdf"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5592"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2017-5592"
  ]
}



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