CVE-2021-32921

An issue was discovered in Prosody before 0.11.9. It does not use a constant-time algorithm for comparing certain secret strings when running under Lua 5.2 or later. This can potentially be used in a timing attack to reveal the contents of secret strings to an attacker.

CVSS v3.0 5.9 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

5.9^/10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.2 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://blog.prosody.im/prosody-0.11.9-released/	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/13/1	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/14/2	Mailing List Mitigation Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4916	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6MFFBZWXKPZEVZNQSVJNCUE7WRF3T7DG/	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-15	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GUN63AHEWB2WRROJHU3BVJRWLONCT2B7/	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LWJ2DG2DFJOEFEWOUN26IMYYWGSA2ZEE/	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00016.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00018.html	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:lua:lua:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:::::::*

Configuration 3 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2021-05-13 09:15

Updated : 2022-05-16 12:50

NVD link : CVE-2021-32921

Mitre link : CVE-2021-32921

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CWE

CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

lua

prosody

prosody

fedoraproject

fedora

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5.9 /10

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

4.3 /10

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

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