CVE-2014-2744

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

plugins/mod_compression.lua en (1) Prosody anterior a 0.9.4 y (2) Lightwitch Metronome hasta 3.4 negocia compresión de cadena mientras una sesión no está autenticada, lo que permite a atacantes remotos causar una denegación de servicio (consumo de recursos) a través de elementos XML comprimidos en una cadena XMPP, también conocido como un ataque "xmppbomb".

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 7.8

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2014-04-08 CVE Reserved
2014-04-11 CVE Published
2024-04-09 EPSS Updated
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2024-08-06 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

CAPEC

References (8)

URL	Tag	Source
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/07/7	Mailing List
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/09/1	Mailing List
http://secunia.com/advisories/57710	Third Party Advisory
http://xmpp.org/resources/security-notices/uncontrolled-resource-consumption-with-highly-compressed-xmpp-stanzas	X_refsource_misc

URL	Date	SRC
http://code.lightwitch.org/metronome/rev/49f47277a411	2024-08-06
http://hg.prosody.im/0.9/rev/b3b1c9da38fb	2024-08-06

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://blog.prosody.im/prosody-0-9-4-released	2014-04-19
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2895	2014-04-19

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Lightwitch Search vendor "Lightwitch"		Metronome Search vendor "Lightwitch" for product "Metronome"				<= 3.4 Search vendor "Lightwitch" for product "Metronome" and version " <= 3.4"		-		Affected
Prosody Search vendor "Prosody"		Prosody Search vendor "Prosody" for product "Prosody"				<= 0.9.3 Search vendor "Prosody" for product "Prosody" and version " <= 0.9.3"		-		Affected
Prosody Search vendor "Prosody"		Prosody Search vendor "Prosody" for product "Prosody"				0.1.0 Search vendor "Prosody" for product "Prosody" and version "0.1.0"		-		Affected
Prosody Search vendor "Prosody"		Prosody Search vendor "Prosody" for product "Prosody"				0.2.0 Search vendor "Prosody" for product "Prosody" and version "0.2.0"		-		Affected
Prosody Search vendor "Prosody"		Prosody Search vendor "Prosody" for product "Prosody"				0.3.0 Search vendor "Prosody" for product "Prosody" and version "0.3.0"		-		Affected
Prosody Search vendor "Prosody"		Prosody Search vendor "Prosody" for product "Prosody"				0.4.0 Search vendor "Prosody" for product "Prosody" and version "0.4.0"		-		Affected
Prosody Search vendor "Prosody"		Prosody Search vendor "Prosody" for product "Prosody"				0.4.1 Search vendor "Prosody" for product "Prosody" and version "0.4.1"		-		Affected
Prosody Search vendor "Prosody"		Prosody Search vendor "Prosody" for product "Prosody"				0.4.2 Search vendor "Prosody" for product "Prosody" and version "0.4.2"		-		Affected
Prosody Search vendor "Prosody"		Prosody Search vendor "Prosody" for product "Prosody"				0.5.0 Search vendor "Prosody" for product "Prosody" and version "0.5.0"		-		Affected
Prosody Search vendor "Prosody"		Prosody Search vendor "Prosody" for product "Prosody"				0.5.1 Search vendor "Prosody" for product "Prosody" and version "0.5.1"		-		Affected
Prosody Search vendor "Prosody"		Prosody Search vendor "Prosody" for product "Prosody"				0.5.2 Search vendor "Prosody" for product "Prosody" and version "0.5.2"		-		Affected
Prosody Search vendor "Prosody"		Prosody Search vendor "Prosody" for product "Prosody"				0.6.0 Search vendor "Prosody" for product "Prosody" and version "0.6.0"		-		Affected
Prosody Search vendor "Prosody"		Prosody Search vendor "Prosody" for product "Prosody"				0.6.1 Search vendor "Prosody" for product "Prosody" and version "0.6.1"		-		Affected
Prosody Search vendor "Prosody"		Prosody Search vendor "Prosody" for product "Prosody"				0.6.2 Search vendor "Prosody" for product "Prosody" and version "0.6.2"		-		Affected
Prosody Search vendor "Prosody"		Prosody Search vendor "Prosody" for product "Prosody"				0.7.0 Search vendor "Prosody" for product "Prosody" and version "0.7.0"		-		Affected
Prosody Search vendor "Prosody"		Prosody Search vendor "Prosody" for product "Prosody"				0.8.0 Search vendor "Prosody" for product "Prosody" and version "0.8.0"		-		Affected
Prosody Search vendor "Prosody"		Prosody Search vendor "Prosody" for product "Prosody"				0.8.1 Search vendor "Prosody" for product "Prosody" and version "0.8.1"		-		Affected
Prosody Search vendor "Prosody"		Prosody Search vendor "Prosody" for product "Prosody"				0.8.2 Search vendor "Prosody" for product "Prosody" and version "0.8.2"		-		Affected
Prosody Search vendor "Prosody"		Prosody Search vendor "Prosody" for product "Prosody"				0.9.0 Search vendor "Prosody" for product "Prosody" and version "0.9.0"		-		Affected
Prosody Search vendor "Prosody"		Prosody Search vendor "Prosody" for product "Prosody"				0.9.1 Search vendor "Prosody" for product "Prosody" and version "0.9.1"		-		Affected
Prosody Search vendor "Prosody"		Prosody Search vendor "Prosody" for product "Prosody"				0.9.2 Search vendor "Prosody" for product "Prosody" and version "0.9.2"		-		Affected