GHSA-66PQ-HQV5-228G

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:11 – Updated: 2025-04-21 22:50
VLAI?
Summary
Smack allows the bypass of TLS protections
Details

Race condition in the XMPP library in Smack before 4.1.9, when the SecurityMode.required TLS setting has been set, allows man-in-the-middle attackers to bypass TLS protections and trigger use of cleartext for client authentication by stripping the "starttls" feature from a server response.

Severity ?
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Maven",
        "name": "org.igniterealtime.smack:smack-core"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "4.1.9"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2016-10027"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-362"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-04-21T22:50:55Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2017-01-12T23:59:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "Race condition in the XMPP library in Smack before 4.1.9, when the SecurityMode.required TLS setting has been set, allows man-in-the-middle attackers to bypass TLS protections and trigger use of cleartext for client authentication by stripping the \"starttls\" feature from a server response.",
  "id": "GHSA-66pq-hqv5-228g",
  "modified": "2025-04-21T22:50:55Z",
  "published": "2022-05-13T01:11:39Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10027"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/igniterealtime/Smack/commit/059ee99ba0d5ff7758829acf5a9aeede09ec820b"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/igniterealtime/Smack/commit/a9d5cd4a611f47123f9561bc5a81a4555fe7cb04"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://community.igniterealtime.org/blogs/ignite/2016/11/22/smack-security-advisory-2016-11-22"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/igniterealtime/Smack"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://issues.igniterealtime.org/projects/SMACK/issues/SMACK-739"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J4WXAZ4JVJXHMEDDXJVWJHPVBF5QCTZF"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J4WXAZ4JVJXHMEDDXJVWJHPVBF5QCTZF"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/22/12"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Smack allows the bypass of TLS protections"
}


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