CVE-2019-12855

Summary

CVECVE-2019-12855
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-06-16 12:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:03:00 UTC
DescriptionIn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-295

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Twistedmatrix Twisted All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:2110-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: python-twisted-19.2.1-3.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
#9561 (XMPP's xmlstream is not checking TLS certificate) – Twisted MISC twistedmatrix.com Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: python-twisted-19.2.1-3.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[#9561] Check remote certificates for XMPP TLS by ralphm · Pull Request #1147 · twisted/twisted · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
USN-4308-1: Twisted vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:2068-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
USN-4308-2: Twisted vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2020 N/A www.oracle.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 296076 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 19.3.0 Missing (CPUJAN2020)
  • 501227 Alpine Linux Security Update for py3-twisted
  • 900059 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for python-twisted 19.2.1
  • 901087 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for python-twisted (6818-1)
  • 902915 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for python-twisted (4685)
  • 981674 Python (pip) Security Update for twisted (GHSA-65rm-h285-5cc5)
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