CVE catalog

CVE-2017-5604

mcabber: CVE-2017-5604

[CVE catalog]

Severity
Medium
Published
Source
[NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS
1.33% · Oct 25, 2026

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.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

DistributionPackageReleaseVersionStatus
Debianmcabbersid1.1.2-2.1fixed
Debianmcabbertrixie1.1.2-2fixed
Debianmcabberbookworm1.1.2-2fixed

Fixed-version evidence

DistributionPackageTypeReleaseFixed versionUrgencyOriginBugs
Debianmcabbersourcesid1.0.4-1.1not yet assignedNot reported[854738]
Debianmcabbersourcetrixie1.0.4-1.1not yet assignedNot reported[854738]
Debianmcabbersourcebookworm1.0.4-1.1not yet assignedNot reported[854738]

[Debian bug #854738]

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

  • [mcabber]Fixed

    Source package: [mcabber]

    Details (2)

    • 1.1.2-2+b1 · amd64 · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 1.0.4-1.1

      dsa · mcabber · debian · bookworm; dsa · mcabber · debian · 12

    • 1.1.2-2+b1 · arm64 · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 1.0.4-1.1

      dsa · mcabber · debian · bookworm; dsa · mcabber · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

  • [mcabber]Fixed

    Source package: [mcabber]

    Details (2)

    • 1.1.2-2+b2 · amd64 · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 1.0.4-1.1

      dsa · mcabber · debian · 13

    • 1.1.2-2+b3 · arm64 · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 1.0.4-1.1

      dsa · mcabber · debian · 13

Observed:

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database]