Ubuntu.comUB:CVE-2017-5592CVE-2017-5592
4.3 Medium
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
5.9 Medium
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:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
0.002 Low
EPSS
Percentile
59.3%
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).
Bugs
References
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/09/29
github.com/boothj5/profanity/commit/8e75437a7e43d4c55e861691f74892e666e29b0b
launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2017-5592
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5592
rt-solutions.de/en/2017/02/CVE-2017-5589_xmpp_carbons/
rt-solutions.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/CVE-2017-5589_xmpp_carbons.pdf
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5592
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5592
Related
4.3 Medium
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
5.9 Medium
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:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
0.002 Low
EPSS
Percentile
59.3%