| Name | CVE-2018-17613 |
| Description | Telegram Desktop (aka tdesktop) 1.3.16 alpha, when "Use proxy" is enabled, sends credentials and application data in cleartext over the SOCKS5 protocol. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 921133 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| telegram-desktop (PTS) | buster | 1.5.11-1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 3.1.1+ds-1~deb11u2 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 4.6.5+ds-2 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 4.14.9+ds-1.1 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| telegram-desktop | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | 921133 |
Notes
https://www.inputzero.io/2018/09/telegram-share-password-in-cleartext.html
Non issue, works as expected, should probably be rejected