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CVE-2019-12855

Published: Jun 16, 2019Updated: Nov 25, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-295
NVD MITRE
7.4CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
1.8%
Top 24.1%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:HPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-295

Affected Products

Red Hat Enterprise LinuxRed Hat Inc.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
UbuntuCanonical Ltd.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
SUSE Enterprise StorageNovell Inc.
On-prem
Databases / data-warehouse-analytics
SUSE OpenStack CloudNovell Inc.
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Web ScriptingNovell Inc.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
red hat inc.commercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat
canonical ltd.commercialGBOperating Systemsaka canonical
novell inc.commercialUSOperating Systems
and 11 more affected products View all →

Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Collection
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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-12855
access.redhat.com
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12855
nvd.nist.gov
https://twistedmatrix.com/trac/ticket/9561
twistedmatrix.com
and 17 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Jun 16, 2019
Last Updated
Nov 25, 2024

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