CVE-2019-12855

Name	CVE-2019-12855
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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more)
NVD severity	medium (attack range: remote)
Debian Bugs	930626

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
twisted (PTS)	jessie	14.0.2-3	vulnerable
	stretch	16.6.0-2	vulnerable
	bullseye, buster	18.9.0-3	vulnerable
	sid	18.9.0-4	vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
twisted	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)	medium		930626

Notes

[buster] - twisted <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[stretch] - twisted <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[jessie] - twisted <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/twisted/twisted/pull/1147
https://twistedmatrix.com/trac/ticket/9561