USN-4506-1: MCabber vulnerability
16 September 2020
MCabber could be made to modify the roster and intercept messages if it received specially crafted XMPP packets.
Releases
Packages
- mcabber - small Jabber (XMPP) console client
Details
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).
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 16.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.