CVE-2017-5592
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 profanity (0.4.7 - 0.5.0).
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Mitigation details
CVE-2017-5592 NameCVE-2017-5592 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 profanity (0.4.7 - 0.5.0). SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc,…
CVE-2017-5592
| Name | CVE-2017-5592 |
| 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 profanity (0.4.7 - 0.5.0). |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 854735 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| profanity (PTS) | bullseye | 0.10.0-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 0.13.1-2 | fixed | |
| trixie | 0.15.0-1 | fixed | |
| forky | 0.18.1-1 | fixed | |
| sid | 0.18.1-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| profanity | source | jessie | (not affected) | |||
| profanity | source | (unstable) | 0.5.1-1 | 854735 |
Notes
[jessie] - profanity <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
Apply commands
[jessie] - profanity <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 0.5.1-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 0.5.1-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 0.5.1-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 0.5.1-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 0.5.1-1 |
References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/09/29
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96173
- https://github.com/boothj5/profanity/commit/8e75437a7e43d4c55e861691f74892e666e29b0b
- 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://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5592
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.