Profanity up to 0.5.0 Message Carbon origin validation

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Profanity up to 0.5.0. Affected is an unknown code of the component Message Carbon Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a origin validation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-346. The product does not properly verify that the source of data or communication is valid. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, and integrity. CVE summarizes:

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).

The bug was discovered 02/09/2017. The weakness was released 02/09/2017 (Website). The advisory is available at openwall.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-5592 since 01/25/2017. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 97315 (openSUSE Security Update : profanity (openSUSE-2017-285)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 169769 (OpenSuSE Security Update for profanity (openSUSE-SU-2017:0531-1)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (97315) and SecurityFocus (BID 96173†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-96783, VDB-96784, VDB-96785 and VDB-96787. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Origin validation
CWE: CWE-346 / CWE-345
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Nessus ID: 97315
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : profanity (openSUSE-2017-285)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: github.com

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 8e75437a7e43d4c55e861691f74892e666e29b0b
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2017-5592 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-5592
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-96786
SecurityFocus: 96173 - Profanity XMPP Client CVE-2017-5592 User Impersonation Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-5592 - Profanity - Impersonation Issue

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Entryinfo

Created: 02/10/2017 11:21 AM
Updated: 08/26/2024 05:42 AM
Changes: 02/10/2017 11:21 AM (73), 11/12/2022 03:29 PM (5), 08/26/2024 05:42 AM (16)
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