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CVE-2014-2744

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Published: Apr 11, 2014Modified: May 6, 2026

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7.8
Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 6.9
Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (21)

Lightwitch
1 product
Metronome
Prosody
1 product
Prosody
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Metronome
Up to 3.4
Configuration B
20 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Prosody
Prosody
Up to 0.9.3
Prosody
Version 0.1.0
Prosody
Version 0.2.0
Prosody
Version 0.3.0
Prosody
Version 0.4.0
Prosody
Version 0.4.1
Prosody
Version 0.4.2
Prosody
Version 0.5.0
Prosody
Version 0.5.1
Prosody
Version 0.5.2
Prosody
Version 0.6.0
Prosody
Version 0.6.1
Prosody
Version 0.6.2
Prosody
Version 0.7.0
Prosody
Version 0.8.0
Prosody
Version 0.8.1
Prosody
Version 0.8.2
Prosody
Version 0.9.0
Prosody
Version 0.9.1
Prosody
Version 0.9.2

Related CWEs

CWE-20
Improper Input Validation
The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

References (16)

Source: security@debian.org
Vendor Advisory
Source: security@debian.org
ExploitPatch
Source: security@debian.org
ExploitPatch
Source: security@debian.org
Source: security@debian.org
Source: security@debian.org
Source: security@debian.org
Source: security@debian.org
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
ExploitPatch
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
ExploitPatch
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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