CVE-2017-5591 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Reference

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

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

5.9