Improper Certificate Validation in Slixmpp - CVE-2022-45197
Published: May 4, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU75725
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-45197
CWE-ID: CWE-295
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform MitM attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper certificate validation in slixmpp/xmlstream/xmlstream.py. A remote attacker can perform MitM attack.
Affected software
Slixmpp
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
python-slixmpp
dev-python/slixmpp
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
python-slixmpp
dev-python/slixmpp
How to mitigate CVE-2022-45197
Install updates from vendor's website.
python-slixmpp - addressed in versions 1.7.1-1.el8, 1.8.3-1.fc36, 1.8.3-1.fc37
dev-python/slixmpp - update to 1.8.3
dev-python/slixmpp - update to 1.8.3