CVE-2014-2744

Public Exploit

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.

Category

7.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.62% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory prosody.im
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://xmpp.org/resources/security-notices/uncontrolled-resource-consumption-with-highly-compressed-xmpp-stanzas/
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2895 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/57710 third party advisory
http://code.lightwitch.org/metronome/rev/49f47277a411 patch exploit
http://blog.prosody.im/prosody-0-9-4-released/ vendor advisory
http://hg.prosody.im/0.9/rev/b3b1c9da38fb patch exploit
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/09/1 mailing list
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/07/7 mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-2744?
CVE-2014-2744 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-2744?
To fix CVE-2014-2744, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2014-2744 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2014-2744 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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