GLSA 202305-07: slixmpp: Insufficient Certificate Validation
| Severity: | low |
| Title: | slixmpp: Insufficient Certificate Validation |
| Date: | 05/03/2023 |
| Bugs: | |
| ID: | 202305-07 |
Synopsis
A vulnerability has been discovered in slixmpp which can result in successful man-in-the-middle attacks.Background
slixmpp is a Python 3 library for XMPP.
Affected packages
| Package | Vulnerable | Unaffected | Architecture(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| dev-python/slixmpp | < 1.8.3 | >= 1.8.3 | All supported architectures |
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"
References
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
Concerns?
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License
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