PT-2017-16609 · Mcabber+1 · Mcabber+1

Georg Lukas · Published 2017-02-09 · Updated 2017-03-27 · CVE-2017-5604

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions mcabber versions 1.0.0 through 1.0.4

Description The issue is related to an incorrect implementation of XEP-0280: Message Carbons in multiple XMPP clients, allowing a remote attacker to impersonate any user in the vulnerable application's display. This enables various kinds of social engineering attacks.

Recommendations For mcabber versions 1.0.0 through 1.0.4, update to a version that correctly implements XEP-0280: Message Carbons to prevent impersonation attacks.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Origin Validation Error

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

CWE-346

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-1350

CVE-2017-5604

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Mcabber

References · 12

• 🔥 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/09/29 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://rt-solutions.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/CVE-2017-5589_xmpp_carbons.pdf · Exploit
• 🔥 https://rt-solutions.de/en/2017/02/CVE-2017-5589_xmpp_carbons · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5604 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5604 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5604 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5604 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5604 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mcabber.com/hg/rev/2a9569fd7644 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-5604 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5604 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/96184 · Note