USN-4506-1

It was discovered that MCabber does not properly manage roster pushes. An attacker could possibly use this issue to remotely perform machine-in-the-middle attacks. (CVE-2016-9928).

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / mcabber

Package

Name: mcabber
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/mcabber@0.10.2-1+deb8u1build0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

0.10.2-1+deb8u1build0.16.04.1

Affected versions

0.*

0.10.2-1

0.10.2-1build1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.10.2-1+deb8u1build0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "mcabber"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4506-1.json"

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2016-9928",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS"
}