SB2022050217 - Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attack in Pidgin IM
Published: May 2, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2022050217
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attack (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-26491)
CWE-ID: CWE-300 - Channel Accessible by Non-Endpoint ('Man-in-the-Middle')
CVSSv4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform MitM-attack.
The vulnerability exists due to Pigin supports _xmppconnect DNS TXT record. If DNSSEC is not used, a remote attacker can perform MitM attack via DNS spoofing.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.