Medium severity5.9NVD Advisory· Published Feb 9, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-5589
CVE-2017-5589
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 yaxim and Bruno (0.8.6 - 0.8.8; Android).
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Affected products
10- osv-coords2 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/mcabber&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/python-slixmpp&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
< 1.1.2-1.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.1.2-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.5-1.2
Patches
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References
5- github.com/ge0rg/yaxim/commit/65a38dc77545d9568732189e86089390f0ceaf9fnvdPatch
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/09/29nvdExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- rt-solutions.de/en/2017/02/CVE-2017-5589_xmpp_carbons/nvdExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
- rt-solutions.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/CVE-2017-5589_xmpp_carbons.pdfnvdExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/96170nvd
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