CVE-2010-0305 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the ejabberd XMPP server by sending a large volume of client-to-server messages, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2010-0305?
CVE-2010-0305 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 3 Feb 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
ejabberd_c2s.erl in ejabberd before 2.1.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a large number of c2s (aka client2server) messages that trigger a queue overload.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-0305?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Process-One Ejabberd.
How do I fix CVE-2010-0305?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2010-0305 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-0305 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2010-0305, DSA-2033-1, GHSA-32wp-p7j2-grh2.