Gentoo FoundationGLSA-202305-07slixmpp: Insufficient Certificate Validation
7.5 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
44.9%
Background
slixmpp is a Python 3 library for XMPP.
Description
slixmpp does not validate hostnames in certificates used by connected servers.
Impact
An attacker could perform a man-in-the-middle attack on users’ connections to servers with slixmpp.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All slixmpp users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --upgrade --verbose ">=dev-python/slixmpp-1.8.3"
| OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gentoo | any | all | dev-python/slixmpp | < 1.8.3 | UNKNOWN |
Related
7.5 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
44.9%