CVE-2019-12855

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Published 2019-08-16 · Modified 2023-11-08

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CVSS v3

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CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

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Description

In words.protocols.jabber.xmlstream in Twisted through 19.2.1, XMPP support did not verify certificates when used with TLS, allowing an attacker to MITM connections.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

30%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
sles		affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`18.9.0-7`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`18.9.0-7`
debian	forky	fixed	`18.9.0-7`
debian	sid	fixed	`18.9.0-7`
debian	trixie	fixed	`18.9.0-7`

Package impact

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable	Fixed
PyPI	twisted	`<19.7.0rc1`	`19.7.0rc1`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.