Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2016-9928 (CCN-176611)

Assigned:2016-12-11
Published:2019-09-29
Updated:2022-01-01
Summary: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.
CVSS v3 Severity:7.4 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N)
6.4 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): None
9.8 Critical (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
8.5 High (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:5.8 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): None
10.0 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Type:CWE-269
Vulnerability Consequences:Gain Privileges
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2016-9928

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-01/msg00130.html

Source: MISC
Type: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/11/2

Source: MISC
Type: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/09/29

Source: MISC
Type: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94862

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://bitbucket.org/McKael/mcabber-crew/commits/6e1ead98930d7dd0a520ad17c720ae4908429033/raw

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=845258

Source: CCN
Type: Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 1403790
(CVE-2016-9928) - CVE-2016-9928 mcabber: remote attackers can modify the roster and intercept messages via a crafted roster-push IQ stanza

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1403790

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
mcabber-cve20169928-priv-esc(176611)

Source: MISC
Type: Third Party Advisory
https://gultsch.de/gajim_roster_push_and_message_interception.html

Source: MLIST
Type: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[debian-lts-announce] 20200628 [SECURITY] [DLA 2260-1] mcabber security update

Source: CCN
Type: mcabber Web site
mcabber is a small XMPP (Jabber) console client.

Source: UBUNTU
Type: Third Party Advisory
USN-4506-1

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:mcabber:mcabber:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version >= 1.0.0 and < 1.0.4)

    • Configuration 2:
  • cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*

    • Configuration 3:
  • cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:mcabber:mcabber:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:20169928
    V
    		CVE-2016-9928
    2022-06-30
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:112796
    P
    		libqxmpp-devel-1.4.0-1.2 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-01-17
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:106267
    P
    		Security update for MozillaFirefox (Important)
    2021-12-10
    oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201699280000000
    V
    		CVE-2016-9928 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.
    2020-02-06
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201699280000000
    V
    		CVE-2016-9928 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2020-02-06
    oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201699280000000
    V
    		CVE-2016-9928 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.
    2016-12-12
    oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:20169928000
    V
    		CVE-2016-9928 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - medium.
    2016-12-12
    oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20169928000
    V
    		CVE-2016-9928 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.
    2016-12-12
    oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:20169928000
    V
    		CVE-2016-9928 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.
    2016-12-12
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20169928000
    V
    		CVE-2016-9928 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2016-12-12
    oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:20169928000
    V
    		CVE-2016-9928 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.
    2016-12-12
    oval:com.ubuntu.disco:def:201699280000000
    V
    		CVE-2016-9928 on Ubuntu 19.04 (disco) - medium.
    2016-12-12
    oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20169928000
    V
    		CVE-2016-9928 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - medium.
    2016-12-12
    BACK
    mcabber mcabber *
    canonical ubuntu linux 16.04
    debian debian linux 8.0
    mcabber mcabber 1.0.3