CVE-2016-9928
MCabber before 1.0.4 is vulnerable to roster push attacks, which allows remote attackers to intercept communications, or add themselves as an entity on a 3rd party's roster as another user, which will also garner associated privileges, via crafted XMPP…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.51%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
MCabber before 1.0.4 is vulnerable to roster push attacks, which allows remote attackers to intercept communications, or add themselves as an entity on a 3rd party's roster as another user, which will also garner associated privileges, via crafted XMPP packets.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.4 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 4.51% probability · 91th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-269
- Affected
- mcabber/mcabber · canonical/ubuntu linux · debian/debian linux
- Source
- security@debian.org
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-01/msg00130.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/11/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/09/29Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94862Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bitbucket.org/McKael/mcabber-crew/commits/6e1ead98930d7dd0a520ad17c720ae4908429033/rawPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=845258Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1403790Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://gultsch.de/gajim_roster_push_and_message_interception.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00031.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4506-1/Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-01/msg00130.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/11/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/09/29Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94862Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bitbucket.org/McKael/mcabber-crew/commits/6e1ead98930d7dd0a520ad17c720ae4908429033/rawPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=845258Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1403790Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://gultsch.de/gajim_roster_push_and_message_interception.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00031.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4506-1/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.