CVE - CVE-2014-2744

CVE-ID
CVE-2014-2744	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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CONFIRM:http://blog.prosody.im/prosody-0-9-4-released/ CONFIRM:http://code.lightwitch.org/metronome/rev/49f47277a411 CONFIRM:http://hg.prosody.im/0.9/rev/b3b1c9da38fb DEBIAN:DSA-2895 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2895 MISC:http://xmpp.org/resources/security-notices/uncontrolled-resource-consumption-with-highly-compressed-xmpp-stanzas/ MLIST:[oss-security] 20140407 Re: Possible CVE Request: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption with XMPP-Layer Compression URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/07/7 MLIST:[oss-security] 20140408 Re: (Openfire M-Link Metronome Prosody Tigase) Possible CVE Request: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption with XMPP-Layer Compression URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/09/1 SECUNIA:57710 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/57710
Assigning CNA
Debian GNU/Linux
Date Record Created
20140408	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20140408)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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