vulnerability

VMware Photon OS: CVE-2019-12855

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
Jun 16, 2019
Added
Jan 20, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 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

vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
Title
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