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PYSEC-2017-103

Quick fix

PYSEC-2017-103 — sleekxmpp: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

pip install --upgrade 'sleekxmpp>=1.3.2'

Details

An incorrect implementation of "XEP-0280: Message Carbons" in multiple XMPP clients allows a remote attacker to impersonate any user, including contacts, in the vulnerable application's display. This allows for various kinds of social engineering attacks. This CVE is for SleekXMPP up to 1.3.1 and Slixmpp all versions up to 1.2.3, as bundled in poezio (0.8 - 0.10) and other products.

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Affected packages

PyPI/sleekxmpp

Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 1.3.2

Fixpip install --upgrade 'sleekxmpp>=1.3.2'

References

https://rt-solutions.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/CVE-2017-5589_xmpp_carbons.pdf[WEB]
https://rt-solutions.de/en/2017/02/CVE-2017-5589_xmpp_carbons/[WEB]
https://github.com/poezio/slixmpp/commit/22664ee7b86c8e010f312b66d12590fb47160ad8[FIX]
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/09/29[WEB]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96166[WEB]
https://pypi.org/project/sleekxmpp[PACKAGE]
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5591[ADVISORY]
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c35g-jr5f-h83p[ADVISORY]