Unscored severity · published Apr 11, 2014
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…
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CVSS
3.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.1% · higher than 88% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
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-2014-2745
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-2745
blog.prosody.im
http://blog.prosody.im/prosody-0-9-4-released/
hg.prosody.im
http://hg.prosody.im/0.9/rev/1107d66d2ab2
hg.prosody.im
http://hg.prosody.im/0.9/rev/a97591d2e1ad
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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