CVE-2014-2744

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-2744
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerdebian
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-04-11 01:55:06 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
Descriptionplugins/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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Lightwitch Metronome All All All All
Application Prosody Prosody 0.1.0 All All All
Application Prosody Prosody 0.2.0 All All All
Application Prosody Prosody 0.3.0 All All All
Application Prosody Prosody 0.4.0 All All All
Application Prosody Prosody 0.4.1 All All All
Application Prosody Prosody 0.4.2 All All All
Application Prosody Prosody 0.5.0 All All All
Application Prosody Prosody 0.5.1 All All All
Application Prosody Prosody 0.5.2 All All All
Application Prosody Prosody 0.6.0 All All All
Application Prosody Prosody 0.6.1 All All All
Application Prosody Prosody 0.6.2 All All All
Application Prosody Prosody 0.7.0 All All All
Application Prosody Prosody 0.8.0 All All All
Application Prosody Prosody 0.8.1 All All All
Application Prosody Prosody 0.8.2 All All All
Application Prosody Prosody 0.9.0 All All All
Application Prosody Prosody 0.9.1 All All All
Application Prosody Prosody 0.9.2 All All All
Application Prosody Prosody All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2895-1 prosody af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption with XMPP-Layer Compression – The XMPP Standards Foundation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 xmpp.org
Security Advisory SA57710 - Debian update for prosody - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
oss-security - Re: Possible CVE Request: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption with XMPP-Layer Compression af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
Prosody 0.9.4 released - Prosodical Thoughts af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blog.prosody.im Vendor Advisory
Prosody IM 0.9: revision b3b1c9da38fb: mod_compression: Only allow compression on authenticated streams af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 hg.prosody.im Exploit, Patch
oss-security - Re: (Openfire M-Link Metronome Prosody Tigase) Possible CVE Request: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption with XMPP-Layer Compression af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
code.lightwitch.org/metronome/rev/49f47277a411 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 code.lightwitch.org Exploit, Patch
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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