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Security Advisories: GSA_kwCzR0hTQS1ocTM4LXY2NTgtZzN3cM4AAb6I

XMPP Clients User Impersonation Vulnerability in Movim Moxl

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 Movim 0.8 - 0.10.

Permalink: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hq38-v658-g3wp
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Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: Moderate
Classification: General
Published: over 1 year ago
Updated: 3 months ago

CVSS Score: 5.9
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Identifiers: GHSA-hq38-v658-g3wp, CVE-2017-5605
References:

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5605
• https://github.com/movim/moxl/commit/838b0a42efc3b67cc17d63e25ae1d0ea849cd89b
• https://rt-solutions.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/CVE-2017-5589_xmpp_carbons.pdf
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/09/29
• https://web.archive.org/web/20170301232720/https://rt-solutions.de/en/2017/02/CVE-2017-5589_xmpp_carbons/
• https://web.archive.org/web/20210123225200/https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96177/
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hq38-v658-g3wp

Affected Packages