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.
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Advisories
Source | ID | Title |
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EUVD-2016-1224 | Smack allows the bypass of TLS protections |
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GHSA-66pq-hqv5-228g | Smack allows the bypass of TLS protections |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T03:07:31.883Z
Reserved: 2016-12-22T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2016-10027

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2017-01-12T23:59:00.197
Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860
Link: CVE-2016-10027


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