CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS
Percentile
73.1%
New mcabber packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current
to fix a security issue.
Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog:
patches/packages/mcabber-1.0.5-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes a security issue:
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.
For more information, see:
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2017-5604
(* Security fix *)
Where to find the new packages:
Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(http://osuosl.org) for donating FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project! :-)
Also see the “Get Slack” section on http://slackware.com for
additional mirror sites near you.
Updated package for Slackware 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/packages/mcabber-1.0.5-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/mcabber-1.0.5-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/mcabber-1.0.5-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/mcabber-1.0.5-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/mcabber-1.0.5-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/mcabber-1.0.5-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/mcabber-1.0.5-i586-1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/n/mcabber-1.0.5-x86_64-1.txz
MD5 signatures:
Slackware 14.0 package:
3c346e3477d698b3c925849ec92a77a9 mcabber-1.0.5-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
2a3a39371b176e73c2cdc0ea66a187ee mcabber-1.0.5-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware 14.1 package:
3aa13a8ea5326e265fcbbd798830f2cd mcabber-1.0.5-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
dad55307a2cb12b40b74a2e05ea9ba19 mcabber-1.0.5-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware 14.2 package:
764519e670ea2f4a6eec0d7d964e1aa8 mcabber-1.0.5-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
be63fce2708395a76b5af665047b8b54 mcabber-1.0.5-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware -current package:
82761c1dcf7f0641c3bfc91034f324fc n/mcabber-1.0.5-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
a6605073494ea1ded0813c15faa57545 n/mcabber-1.0.5-x86_64-1.txz
Installation instructions:
Upgrade the package as root:
> upgradepkg mcabber-1.0.5-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS
Percentile
73.1%