CVE-2017-5591
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 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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1.3.1-6 |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1.2.2-1.1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1.2.2-1.1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1.2.2-1.1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1.2.2-1.1 |
References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/09/29
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96166
- https://github.com/poezio/slixmpp/commit/22664ee7b86c8e010f312b66d12590fb47160ad8
- https://rt-solutions.de/en/2017/02/CVE-2017-5589_xmpp_carbons/
- https://rt-solutions.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/CVE-2017-5589_xmpp_carbons.pdf
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5591
- https://github.com/fritzy/SleekXMPP/issues/442
- https://github.com/fritzy/SleekXMPP/commit/285495d5ee2427d93d961ceedcd1829383e5196d
- https://github.com/poezio/slixmpp
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/sleekxmpp/PYSEC-2017-103.yaml
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/slixmpp/PYSEC-2017-104.yaml
- https://pypi.org/project/sleekxmpp
- https://pypi.org/project/slixmpp
- https://rt-solutions.de/en/2017/02/CVE-2017-5589_xmpp_carbons
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200227192025/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96166
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5591
CWEs
CWE-20 CWE-346
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.