CVE-2012-3525

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2012-08-25 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

s2s/out.c in jabberd2 2.2.16 and earlier does not verify that a request was made for an XMPP Server Dialback response, which allows remote XMPP servers to spoof domains via a (1) Verify Response or (2) Authorization Response.

Affected products

Jabber2 Jabberd2: 2.1.19
Jabberd2: through 2.2.16; 2.1, 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.3, 2.1.4, 2.1.5 (+35)

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Mar/msg00002.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1538.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1539.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/50124
http://secunia.com/advisories/50859
http://www.mail-archive.com/jabberd2%40lists.xiaoka.com/msg01903.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/22/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/22/6
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55167
http://xmpp.org/resources/security-notices/server-dialback/
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=850872
https://github.com/Jabberd2/jabberd2/commit/aabcffae560d5fd00cd1d2ffce5d760353cf0a4d

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