Arch Linux: ASA-202107-45 Low Severity: Telegram Desktop Content Spoofing

Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-202107-45
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Severity: Low
Date    : 2021-07-20
CVE-ID  : CVE-2021-36769
Package : telegram-desktop
Type    : content spoofing
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-2170

Summary
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The package telegram-desktop before version 2.8.11-1 is vulnerable to
content spoofing.

Resolution
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Upgrade to 2.8.11-1.

# pacman -Syu "telegram-desktop>=2.8.11-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 2.8.11.

Workaround
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None.

Description
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A reordering issue exists in Telegram Desktop before 2.8.8. An attacker
can cause the server to receive messages in a different order than they
were sent by a client.

Impact
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A man-in-the-middle attacker could reorder the messages sent by a
client, potentially altering the meaning of the conversation.

References
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https://mtpsym.github.io/
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2021-36769