CVE-2016-9928

Public Exploit

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.

Category

7.4
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.85% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com
Affected: MCabber MCabber
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1403790 third party advisory issue tracking exploit
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=845258 third party advisory exploit
https://bitbucket.org/McKael/mcabber-crew/commits/6e1ead98930d7dd0a520ad17c720ae4908429033/raw third party advisory patch
https://gultsch.de/gajim_roster_push_and_message_interception.html third party advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/09/29 third party advisory mailing list
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/11/2 third party advisory mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94862 third party advisory vdb entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-01/msg00130.html third party advisory mailing list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00031.html third party advisory mailing list
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4506-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-9928?
CVE-2016-9928 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-9928?
To fix CVE-2016-9928, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2016-9928 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2016-9928 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2016-9928?
CVE-2016-9928 affects MCabber MCabber.
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