SCA: security update for SleekXMPP, slixmpp (GHSA-c35g-jr5f-h83p)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 432541

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- An incorrect implementation of "XEP-0280: Message Carbons" in multiple XMPP clients allows a remote
attacker to impersonate any user, including contacts, in the vulnerable application's display. This allows
for various kinds of social engineering attacks. This CVE is for SleekXMPP up to 1.3.1 and Slixmpp all
versions up to 1.2.3, as bundled in poezio (0.8 - 0.10) and other products. (CVE-2017-5591)

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 432541

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/8/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-5591

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/9/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-5591

BID: 96166

cwe: CWE-940

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