UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5591

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5591
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5591.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5591
Upstream
Published
2017-02-09T20:59:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:44:07Z
Severity
  • 5.9 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / sleekxmpp

Package

Name
sleekxmpp
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/sleekxmpp@1.3.1-4?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.0~beta5-2
1.3.1-1
1.3.1-3
1.3.1-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "python-sleekxmpp",
            "binary_version": "1.3.1-4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-sleekxmpp",
            "binary_version": "1.3.1-4"
        }
    ]
}