plugins/mod_compression.lua in (1) Prosody before 0.9.4 and (2) Lightwitch Metronome through 3.4 negotiates stream compression while a session is unauthenticated, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via compressed XML elements in an XMPP stream, aka an "xmppbomb" attack.
References
Configurations
Configuration 1 (hide)
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Configuration 2 (hide)
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History
21 Nov 2024, 02:06
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| References | () http://blog.prosody.im/prosody-0-9-4-released/ - Vendor Advisory | |
| References | () http://code.lightwitch.org/metronome/rev/49f47277a411 - Exploit, Patch | |
| References | () http://hg.prosody.im/0.9/rev/b3b1c9da38fb - Exploit, Patch | |
| References | () http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/07/7 - | |
| References | () http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/09/1 - | |
| References | () http://secunia.com/advisories/57710 - | |
| References | () http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2895 - | |
| References | () http://xmpp.org/resources/security-notices/uncontrolled-resource-consumption-with-highly-compressed-xmpp-stanzas/ - |
Information
Published : 2014-04-11 01:55
Updated : 2024-11-21 02:06
NVD link : CVE-2014-2744
Mitre link : CVE-2014-2744
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2014-2744
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Products Affected
prosody
- prosody
lightwitch
- metronome
CWE
CWE-20
Improper Input Validation