PT-2022-27427 · Slixmpp+1 · Slixmpp+1

Published 2022-12-10 · Updated 2025-01-09 · CVE-2022-45197

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Slixmpp versions prior to 1.8.3

Description The issue lacks SSL Certificate hostname validation in XMLStream, allowing an attacker to pose as any server in the eyes of Slixmpp.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.8.3, update to version 1.8.3 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the XMLStream functionality until a patch is available. Restrict access to the XMLStream module to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Improper Certificate Validation

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-295

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-45197

GHSA-Q6CQ-M9GM-6Q2F

MGASA-2022-0469

OPENSUSE-SU-2022:10241-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2022:10242-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12551-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2025:14628-1

PYSEC-2022-43013

Affected Products

Debian

Slixmpp

References · 30

• https://github.com/poezio/slixmpp/commits/master/slixmpp/xmlstream/xmlstream.py · Patch
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/thread/RDCGUJ5VBYUCDAXSHYA5NX2THU2RYIXE · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-07 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lab.louiz.org/poezio/slixmpp/-/commit/b60b1b985db928532f97c4f61d6fbc801f0aa7fa · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2022:10241-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-45197 · Security Note
• https://lab.louiz.org/poezio/slixmpp/-/commits/master · Patch
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0469.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2025:14628-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-45197 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-45197 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-45197 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-45197 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-45197 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-q6cq-m9gm-6q2f · Vendor Advisory