SleekXMPP module 'ssl' has no attribute 'PROTOCOL

On debian Stretch, support for PROTOCOL_SSLv3 is disabled and Sleekxmpp failed.

DEBUG    Starting TLS
INFO     Negotiating TLS
INFO     Using SSL/TLS version: TLS
INFO     Note: SSLv23 doesn't mean SSLv2 and SSLv3, but means all supported versions, actually TLSv1.0+, since SSLv2 and SSLv3 is disabled.
ERROR    Connection error.
ERROR    module 'ssl' has no attribute 'PROTOCOL_SSLv3'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/inkey/.local/share/virtualenvs/errbot/lib/python3.5/site-packages/sleekxmpp-1.4.0-py3.5.egg/sleekxmpp/xmlstream/xmlstream.py", line 1568, in _process
    if not self.__read_xml():
  File "/home/inkey/.local/share/virtualenvs/errbot/lib/python3.5/site-packages/sleekxmpp-1.4.0-py3.5.egg/sleekxmpp/xmlstream/xmlstream.py", line 1640, in __read_xml
    self.__spawn_event(xml)
  File "/home/inkey/.local/share/virtualenvs/errbot/lib/python3.5/site-packages/sleekxmpp-1.4.0-py3.5.egg/sleekxmpp/xmlstream/xmlstream.py", line 1708, in __spawn_event
    handler.prerun(stanza_copy)
  File "/home/inkey/.local/share/virtualenvs/errbot/lib/python3.5/site-packages/sleekxmpp-1.4.0-py3.5.egg/sleekxmpp/xmlstream/handler/callback.py", line 64, in prerun
    self.run(payload, True)
  File "/home/inkey/.local/share/virtualenvs/errbot/lib/python3.5/site-packages/sleekxmpp-1.4.0-py3.5.egg/sleekxmpp/xmlstream/handler/callback.py", line 76, in run
    self._pointer(payload)
  File "/home/inkey/.local/share/virtualenvs/errbot/lib/python3.5/site-packages/sleekxmpp-1.4.0-py3.5.egg/sleekxmpp/features/feature_starttls/starttls.py", line 64, in _handle_starttls_proceed
    if self.xmpp.start_tls():
  File "/home/inkey/.local/share/virtualenvs/errbot/lib/python3.5/site-packages/sleekxmpp-1.4.0-py3.5.egg/sleekxmpp/xmlstream/xmlstream.py", line 940, in start_tls
    ssl_socket = self._create_secure_socket()
  File "/home/inkey/.local/share/virtualenvs/errbot/lib/python3.5/site-packages/sleekxmpp-1.4.0-py3.5.egg/sleekxmpp/xmlstream/xmlstream.py", line 462, in _create_secure_socket
    if self.ssl_version == ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3:
AttributeError: module 'ssl' has no attribute 'PROTOCOL_SSLv3'

Sep 15 '17 08:09 inkhey

I've got the same. Any solutions?

Nov 23 '17 19:11 kagulik

Getting the exact same issue.

Mar 01 '18 03:03 nathanjameshill

According to https://docs.python.org/3/library/ssl.html:

Changed in version 3.5: The default ssl_version is changed from PROTOCOL_SSLv3 to PROTOCOL_TLS for maximum compatibility with modern servers.

I was able to fix it with this command in the source tree:

for A in find . -type f | xargs grep -l PROTOCOL_SSLv3; do sed -i -e 's/PROTOCOL_SSLv3/PROTOCOL_TLS/g' $A;done

the backticks around the find aren't showing up so i dont know whats up with tat .. I'm sure there is a better compatible way to fix this. like adding ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLvr = ssl.PROTOCOL_TLS to the init.py of the module

Oct 30 '18 06:10 kaymccormick

I was able to fix this issue by editing sleekxmpp/xmlstream/xmlstream.py

Essentially I removed every instance of ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3 and any code relating to it.

@@ -459,10 +459,6 @@ class XMLStream(object):
                 # Good, create_default_context() is supported, which consists
                 # recommended security settings by default.
                 ctx = ssl.create_default_context()
-                if self.ssl_version == ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3:
-                    # But if the user specifies insecure SSLv3, do a favor.
-                    ctx.options &= ~ssl.OP_NO_SSLv3  # UNSET NO_SSLv3, or set SSLv3
-                    ctx.set_ciphers(_CIPHERS_SSL)  # _CIPHERS_SSL is weaker
 
                 # XXX: certificate is not verified in most circumstances.
                 # FIXME: need to provide a new option that verifies against system CAs.
@@ -472,16 +468,6 @@ class XMLStream(object):
                 elif cert_policy == ssl.CERT_REQUIRED:
                     ctx.load_verify_locations(cafile=self.ca_certs)
             else:
-                # Oops, create_default_context() is not supported.
-                if self.ssl_version == ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3:
-                    # First, if the user specifies insecure SSLv3, do a favor.
-                    ctx = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3)
-                    ctx.set_ciphers(_CIPHERS_SSL)
-                else:
-                    # Or, set the version to TLSv1 (later is not supported),
-                    # and set a list of good ciphers.
-                    ctx = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1)
-                    ctx.set_ciphers(_CIPHERS_TLS)
                 # And in both case, CRIME attack needs to be prevented.
                 if sys.version_info >= (3, 3):
                     ctx.options &= ssl.OP_NO_COMPRESSION
@@ -497,10 +483,6 @@ class XMLStream(object):
         elif sys.version_info >= (2, 7, 9):
             # Good, create_default_context() is supported, do the same as Python 3.4.
             ctx = ssl.create_default_context()
-            if self.ssl_version == ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3:
-                # If the user specifies insecure SSLv3, do a favor.
-                ctx.options &= ~ssl.OP_NO_SSLv3
-                ctx.set_ciphers(_CIPHERS_SSL)
             if cert_policy == ssl.CERT_NONE:
                 # XXX: certificate is not verified!
                 ctx.check_hostname = False
@@ -508,10 +490,7 @@ class XMLStream(object):
             elif cert_policy == ssl.CERT_REQUIRED:
                 ctx.load_verify_locations(cafile=self.ca_certs)
         else:
-            if self.ssl_version == ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3:
-                ssl_args['ssl_version'] = ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3
-            else:
-                ssl_args['ssl_version'] = ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1
+            ssl_args['ssl_version'] = ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23
             ctx = None
 
         if ctx:

I don't know if this is the best way but it is working on Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS using python 2.7.12

You can also change the last line ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23 to ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1_2