CVE-2017-5591

Summary

CVECVE-2017-5591
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-02-09 20:59:00 UTC
Updated2020-01-22 14:13:00 UTC
DescriptionAn 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 SleekXMPP up to 1.3.1 and Slixmpp all versions up to 1.2.3, as bundled in poezio (0.8 - 0.10) and other products.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20 | CWE-346

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Poezio Poezio 0.10 All All All
Application Poezio Poezio 0.8 All All All
Application Poezio Poezio 0.8.1 All All All
Application Poezio Poezio 0.9 All All All
Application Poezio Poezio 0.10 All All All
Application Poezio Poezio 0.8 All All All
Application Poezio Poezio 0.8.1 All All All
Application Poezio Poezio 0.9 All All All
Application Sleekxmpp Project Sleekxmpp All All All All
Application Slixmpp Project Slixmpp All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE-2017-5589+ Multiple XMPP Clients User Impersonation Vulnerability – rt-solutions.de – experts you can trust MISC rt-solutions.de Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
Poezio/SleekXMPP/Slixmpp CVE-2017-5591 User Impersonation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
rt-solutions.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/CVE-2017-5589_xmpp_carbons.pdf MISC rt-solutions.de Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - CVE-2017-5589+ Multiple XMPP Clients User Impersonation Vulnerability MISC openwall.com Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Fix carbons · poezio/slixmpp@22664ee · GitHub MISC github.com Patch
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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