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CVE-2017-5590

Published: Feb 9, 2017

Modified: Aug 5, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

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 ChatSecure (3.2.0 - 4.0.0; only iOS) and Zom (all versions up to 1.0.11; only iOS).

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

https://github.com/zom/Zom-iOS/commit/880051eaa8ba32d1b257c87a7d8798a93561bfd3

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http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/09/29

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vdb-entry

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https://rt-solutions.de/en/2017/02/CVE-2017-5589_xmpp_carbons/

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https://rt-solutions.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/CVE-2017-5589_xmpp_carbons.pdf

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https://github.com/ChatSecure/ChatSecure-iOS/commit/a340b4bb519227d89f85f2716a10a197a65d4856

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