PT-2019-20139 · Slixmpp · Slixmpp

Published 2019-02-04 · Updated 2019-02-04

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions slixmpp versions prior to 1.4.2

Description The issue is related to an incorrect Access Control vulnerability in the XEP-0223 plugin, specifically in the options profile used for configuring the default access model. This can result in all contacts of the victim being able to see private data published to a PEP node, if the node isn't configured to be private and the user publishes private data on PEP.

Recommendations For slixmpp versions prior to 1.4.2, update to version 1.4.2 or later to resolve the issue.

Related Identifiers

PYSEC-2019-51

Affected Products

Slixmpp

References · 5

• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/message/WIBP4LD2V4TBJSLZXDUAGQMD6CUI2TZR · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/message/GKBXN7EAAR7ENEZUBKV6C6MP6QBXYTWT · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2019-51 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lab.louiz.org/poezio/slixmpp/commit/7cd73b594e8122dddf847953fcfc85ab4d316416 · Note
• https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0223.html#howitworks · Note