| Name | CVE-2017-5604 |
| Description | 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 mcabber 1.0.0 - 1.0.4. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 854738 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| mcabber (PTS) | bullseye | 1.1.2-1 | fixed |
| forky, sid, bookworm, trixie | 1.1.2-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| mcabber | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| mcabber | source | jessie | (not affected) | | | |
| mcabber | source | (unstable) | 1.0.4-1.1 | | | 854738 |
Notes
[jessie] - mcabber <not-affected> (XEP-0280: Message Carbons not implemented)
[wheezy] - mcabber <not-affected> (XEP-0280: Message Carbons not implemented)