CVE-2014-2744 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service via compressed XML elements in unauthenticated XMPP streams, affecting Prosody and Metronome servers.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2014-2744?
CVE-2014-2744 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
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.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-2744?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Lightwitch Metronome, Prosody Prosody.
How do I fix CVE-2014-2744?
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-2014-2744 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-2744 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as CVE-2014-2750, DEBIAN-CVE-2014-2744, GHSA-qx52-4j2j-9hc7.