CVE-2014-2742

Severity

78%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

115%

Isode M-Link before 16.0v7 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.

Isode M-Link before 16.0v7 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.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.8. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C).

Overview

Type

Isode M-Link

First reported 10 years ago

2014-04-11 01:55:00

Last updated 10 years ago

2014-04-11 19:49:00

Affected Software

Isode M-Link 14.6

14.6

Isode M-Link 14.6.14 (14.6v14)

14.6.14

Isode M-Link 15.1

15.1

Isode M-Link 15.1.10 (15.1v10)

15.1.10

Isode M-Link 16.0

16.0

References

[oss-security] 20140407 Re: Possible CVE Request: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption with XMPP-Layer Compression

[oss-security] 20140408 Re: (Openfire M-Link Metronome Prosody Tigase) Possible CVE Request: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption with XMPP-Layer Compression

http://xmpp.org/resources/security-notices/uncontrolled-resource-consumption-with-highly-compressed-xmpp-stanzas/

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