CVE-2017-5604

NameCVE-2017-5604
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 mcabber 1.0.0 - 1.0.4.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs854738

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
mcabber (PTS)buster1.1.0-1.1fixed
bullseye1.1.2-1fixed
sid, trixie, bookworm1.1.2-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
mcabbersourcewheezy(not affected)
mcabbersourcejessie(not affected)
mcabbersource(unstable)1.0.4-1.1854738

Notes

[jessie] - mcabber <not-affected> (XEP-0280: Message Carbons not implemented)
[wheezy] - mcabber <not-affected> (XEP-0280: Message Carbons not implemented)

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