CVE-2014-2741 Ignite Realtime Openfire vulnerable to XMPPbomb attack

What is CVE-2014-2741?

CVE-2014-2741 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 11 Apr 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

nio/XMLLightweightParser.java in Ignite Realtime Openfire before 3.9.2 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.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-2741?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.igniterealtime.openfire:parent. It affects 1 product.

Products include Igniterealtime Openfire.

How do I fix CVE-2014-2741?

Upgrade org.igniterealtime.openfire:parent to 3.9.2 or later.

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-2014-2741 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-2741 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2023-32315 Ignite Realtime Openfire Path Traversal Exploited High 8.6
• CVE-2024-25421 Ignite Realtime Openfire privilege escalation vulnerability Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-45967 Path traversal in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-18394 Ignite Realtime Openfire vulnerable to Server Side Request Forgery Critical 9.8
• CVE-2014-3451 Security feature bypass in n/a High 7.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as CVE-2014-0360, GHSA-j5qh-cp3p-2h87.