CVE-2016-9928

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-9928
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-02-06 14:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-01-01 19:56:00 UTC
DescriptionMCabber before 1.0.4 is vulnerable to roster push attacks, which allows remote attackers to intercept communications, or add themselves as an entity on a 3rd party's roster as another user, which will also garner associated privileges, via crafted XMPP packets.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-269

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Mcabber Mcabber All All All All
Application Mcabber Mcabber All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
MCabber CVE-2016-9928 Security Bypass Vulnerability MISC www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: MCabber: remote attackers can modify the roster and intercept messages via a crafted roster-push IQ stanza MISC www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
#845258 - mcabber: CVE-2016-9928: remote attacker can modify the roster and intercept messages via a crafted roster-push IQ stanza - Debian Bug report logs CONFIRM bugs.debian.org Exploit, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - CVE-2017-5589+ Multiple XMPP Clients User Impersonation Vulnerability MISC www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Gajim Roster Push and Message Interception MISC gultsch.de Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 2260-1] mcabber security update MLIST lists.debian.org
openSUSE-SU-2017:0259-1: moderate: Security update for python3-sleekxmpp CONFIRM lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
1403790 – (CVE-2016-9928) CVE-2016-9928 mcabber: remote attackers can modify the roster and intercept messages via a crafted roster-push IQ stanza CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
404 — Bitbucket CONFIRM bitbucket.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
USN-4506-1: MCabber vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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