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Alpine Linux: CVE-2019-12855: Improper Certificate Validation

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2019-12855: Improper Certificate Validation

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
06/16/2019
Created
08/23/2024
Added
08/22/2024
Modified
08/22/2024

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.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-py3-twisted

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