Unscored severity · published Apr 11, 2014
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…
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CVSS
3.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.3% · higher than 88% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ME
Metronome · Lightwitch
through 3.4 · source: NVD
PR
Prosody · Prosody
through 0.9.3; 0.1.0; 0.2.0; 0.3.0; 0.4.0; 0.4.1; +14 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2744
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-2744
Vendor Advisory
http://blog.prosody.im/prosody-0-9-4-released/
Exploit
http://code.lightwitch.org/metronome/rev/49f47277a411
Exploit
http://hg.prosody.im/0.9/rev/b3b1c9da38fb
openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/07/7
openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/09/1
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/57710
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