CVE-2014-2744

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.

CVSS v2.0 7.8 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/07/7
http://blog.prosody.im/prosody-0-9-4-released/	Vendor Advisory
http://hg.prosody.im/0.9/rev/b3b1c9da38fb	Exploit Patch
http://xmpp.org/resources/security-notices/uncontrolled-resource-consumption-with-highly-compressed-xmpp-stanzas/
http://code.lightwitch.org/metronome/rev/49f47277a411	Exploit Patch
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/09/1
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2895
http://secunia.com/advisories/57710

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:lightwitch:metronome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.6.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.6.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.4.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.5.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.5.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.4.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.5.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.6.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.9.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.4.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.9.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.9.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.7.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.3.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.2.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.8.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.8.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.1.0:::::::*

Information

Published : 2014-04-10 18:55

Updated : 2014-04-18 21:48

NVD link : CVE-2014-2744

Mitre link : CVE-2014-2744

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

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Products Affected

lightwitch

metronome

prosody

prosody

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