UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5592

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5592

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5592.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5592

Upstream

CVE-2017-5592

Published

2017-02-09T20:59:00Z

Modified

2025-10-24T04:46:09Z

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 profanity (0.4.7 - 0.5.0).

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / profanity

Package

Name: profanity
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/profanity@0.4.7-1build1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.4.6-1

0.4.7-1

0.4.7-1build1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "profanity",
            "binary_version": "0.4.7-1build1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5592.json"