Jappix up to 1.1.6 Message Carbon origin validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Jappix up to 1.1.6. It has been declared as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component Message Carbon Handler. Such manipulation leads to origin validation. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2017-5602. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Jappix up to 1.1.6. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Message Carbon Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a origin validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-346. The product does not properly verify that the source of data or communication is valid. Impacted is 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 jappix 1.0.0 to 1.1.6.

The bug was discovered 02/09/2017. The weakness was presented 02/09/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at openwall.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-5602 since 01/28/2017. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 96176†). See VDB-96783, VDB-96784, VDB-96785 and VDB-96786 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Name

• Jappix

Version

• 1.1.0
• 1.1.1
• 1.1.2
• 1.1.3
• 1.1.4
• 1.1.5
• 1.1.6

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://github.com/jappix/jappix/

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.2

VulDB Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Temp Score: 6.5
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NVD Base Score: 5.9
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Origin validation
CWE: CWE-346 / CWE-345
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Patch: github.com

Timelineinfo

01/28/2017 🔍
02/09/2017 +12 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: ea6de7c65b80880bdf85df47c1a8a5d3d68491af
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2017-5602 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-5602
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-96788
SecurityFocus: 96176 - Jappix XMPP Client CVE-2017-5602 User Impersonation Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-5602 - Jappix - Impersonation Issue

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Entryinfo

Created: 02/10/2017 11:21
Updated: 11/12/2022 15:45
Changes: 02/10/2017 11:21 (62), 11/12/2022 15:45 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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