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Debian Security Advisory

DSA-5064-1 python-nbxmpp -- security update

Date Reported:

29 Jan 2022

Affected Packages:

python-nbxmpp

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2021-41055.

More information:

It was discovered that missing input sanitising in python-nbxmpp, a Jabber/XMPP Python library, could result in denial of service in clients based on it (such as Gajim).

The oldstable distribution (buster) is not affected.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 2.0.2-1+deb11u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your python-nbxmpp packages.

For the detailed security status of python-nbxmpp please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/python-nbxmpp