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.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.031 (87.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 87.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.031 · newest: 0.031 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Prosody — versions 0.1.0, 0.2.0, 0.3.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- xmpp.org/resources/security-notices/uncontrolled-resource-consumption-with-high…
- hg.prosody.im/0.9/rev/a97591d2e1ad
- www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2895 (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/57710 (third-party-advisory)
- hg.prosody.im/0.9/rev/1107d66d2ab2
- blog.prosody.im/prosody-0-9-4-released/
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/09/1 (mailing-list)
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/07/7 (mailing-list)
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.