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Debian: CVE-2019-12855: twisted -- security update

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
Jun 16, 2019
Added
Jul 30, 2024
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

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

debian-upgrade-twisted
Title
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