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Status published
High
CVE-2016-9928
MCabber before 1.0.4 is vulnerable to roster push attacks, which...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1403790
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=845258
- https://bitbucket.org/McKael/mcabber-crew/commits/6e1ead98930d7dd0a520ad17c720ae4908429033/raw
- https://gultsch.de/gajim_roster_push_and_message_interception.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/09/29
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/11/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94862
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-01/msg00130.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00031.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4506-1/
Affected Vendor
MCabber
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MCabber
Vulnerable Versions:
before 1.0.4
Timeline
Official Publish:
February 6th, 2020
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.