Violation of Secure Design Principles in Talk - CVE-2023-30540
Published: April 18, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU75180
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 2.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-30540
CWE-ID: CWE-657
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to violation of secure design principles. A remote user that was added later to a conversation can get access to data that was deleted before they were added to the conversation.
Affected software
Talk
How to mitigate CVE-2023-30540
Install updates from vendor's website.
Talk - update to 15.0.5