CVE-2014-2745
Prosody before 0.9.4 does not properly restrict the processing of compressed XML elements, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a crafted XMPP stream,
02 Description
Prosody before 0.9.4 does not properly restrict the processing of compressed XML elements, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a crafted XMPP stream,
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.14% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 87.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2014-04-11 01:00Z12 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 10:21Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-04-08
- Assigning CNA
- debian
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 903af89b7445fc1870f18aa1ee0c39a7f6f3684d83e89553ab396f9ea1025a19
05 Affected products
06 References
- xmpp.orghttp://xmpp.org/resources/security-notices/uncontrolled-resource-consumption-with-highly-compressed-xmpp-stanzas/
- hg.prosody.imhttp://hg.prosody.im/0.9/rev/a97591d2e1ad
- www.debian.orgDSA-2895http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2895
- secunia.com57710http://secunia.com/advisories/57710
- hg.prosody.imhttp://hg.prosody.im/0.9/rev/1107d66d2ab2
- blog.prosody.imhttp://blog.prosody.im/prosody-0-9-4-released/
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20140408 Re: (Openfire M-Link Metronome Prosody Tigase) Possible CVE Request: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption with XMPP-Layer Compressionhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/09/1
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20140407 Re: Possible CVE Request: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption with XMPP-Layer Compressionhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/07/7
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- prosody Fixed in 0.9.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- prosody Fixed in 0.9.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- prosody Fixed in 0.9.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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