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SUSE: CVE-2017-5592: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2017-5592: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
02/09/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/22/2017
Modified
02/12/2020

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 profanity (0.4.7 - 0.5.0).

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-profanity
  • suse-upgrade-profanity-debuginfo
  • suse-upgrade-profanity-debugsource
  • suse-upgrade-profanity-mini
  • suse-upgrade-profanity-mini-debuginfo
  • suse-upgrade-profanity-standard
  • suse-upgrade-profanity-standard-debuginfo

References

  • CVE-2017-5592

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