Vulnerability in Prosody
CVE-2014-2745
Prosody before 0.9.4 does not properly restrict the processing of compressed XML elements, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a crafted XMPP stream, aka an "xmppbomb" attack, related to core/portmanager.lua and util/xmppstream.lua.
EPSS: 0.031 (86.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Prosody — versions 0.1.0, 0.2.0, 0.3.0
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- security@debian.org (x_refsource_MISC)
- security@debian.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- security@debian.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- security@debian.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
- security@debian.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- security@debian.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- security@debian.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- security@debian.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2014-2745?
- CVE-2014-2745 is a vulnerability in Prosody, classified under CWE-264. Published 2014-04-11.
- Is CVE-2014-2745 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.