{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5604","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 This CVE is for mcabber 1.0.0 - 1.0.4.","modified":"2025-07-16T07:18:24.736730Z","published":"2017-02-09T20:59:00Z","withdrawn":"2025-07-18T16:43:52Z","upstream":["CVE-2017-5604"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5604"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/09/29"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://mcabber.com/hg/rev/2a9569fd7644"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://rt-solutions.de/en/2017/02/CVE-2017-5589_xmpp_carbons/"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://rt-solutions.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/CVE-2017-5589_xmpp_carbons.pdf"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5604"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"mcabber","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/mcabber@1.1.0-1?arch=source&distro=bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.1.0-1"}]}],"versions":["1.0.4-1.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"mcabber","binary_version":"1.1.0-1"},{"binary_version":"1.1.0-1","binary_name":"mcabber-dbgsym"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5604.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}