CVE-2014-8760
ejabberd before 2.1.13 does not enforce the starttls_required setting when compression is used, which causes clients to establish connections without encryption.
02 Description
ejabberd before 2.1.13 does not enforce the starttls_required setting when compression is used, which causes clients to establish connections without encryption.
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
- 1.31% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 70.3% 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
- 2014-10-25 00:00Z12 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 13:26Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-10-13
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- 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
- 3e347cdbe023304e173d43096af388b1e9d95a01173ae16c6b8c3e4a026d0703
05 Affected products
06 References
- seclists.org[oss-security] 20141013 CVE request: ejabberd compression allows cirucumvention of encryption despite starttls_requiredhttp://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/312
- mail.jabber.org[Operators] 20141013 ejabberd: compression allows circumvention of encryptionhttp://mail.jabber.org/pipermail/operators/2014-October/002438.html
- advisories.mageia.orghttp://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0417.html
- github.comhttps://github.com/processone/ejabberd/commit/7bdc1151b
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1153839
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2014:207http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:207
- www.securityfocus.com70415http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70415
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2015:175http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:175
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- ejabberd Fixed in 14.07-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- ejabberd Fixed in 14.07-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- ejabberd Fixed in 14.07-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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