CVE-2014-2743
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.8
Description
plugins/mod_compression.lua in Lightwitch Metronome through 3.4 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, aka an "xmppbomb" attack.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| lightwitch | metronome | {"endIncluding":"3.4"} | |
References
- http://code.lightwitch.org/metronome/rev/49f47277a411
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/07/7
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/09/1
- http://xmpp.org/resources/security-notices/uncontrolled-resource-consumption-with-highly-compressed-xmpp-stanzas/
- http://code.lightwitch.org/metronome/rev/49f47277a411
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/07/7
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/09/1
- http://xmpp.org/resources/security-notices/uncontrolled-resource-consumption-with-highly-compressed-xmpp-stanzas/
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.