CVE-2018-10847

Description

prosody before versions 0.10.2, 0.9.14 is vulnerable to an Authentication Bypass. Prosody did not verify that the virtual host associated with a user session remained the same across stream restarts. A user may authenticate to XMPP host A and migrate their authenticated session to XMPP host B of the same Prosody instance.

Categories

4.2
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.28%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory prosody.im Vendor Advisory prosody.im Vendor Advisory prosody.im
Affected: [UNKNOWN] prosody
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://issues.prosody.im/1147 vendor advisory
https://blog.prosody.im/prosody-0-10-2-security-release/ vendor advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4216 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10847 third party advisory issue tracking
https://prosody.im/security/advisory_20180531/ vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-10847?
CVE-2018-10847 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-10847?
To fix CVE-2018-10847, 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-2018-10847 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2018-10847 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2018-10847?
CVE-2018-10847 affects [UNKNOWN] prosody.
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