CVE-2014-2743

plugins/mod_compression.lua in Lightwitch Metronome through 3.4 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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 7.8 High

Status

Modified - security@debian.org

Published

2014-04-11

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-264

Affected products

• Metronome (Lightwitch)

References

• http://code.lightwitch.org/metronome/rev/49f47277a411
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/07/7
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/09/1
• http://xmpp.org/resources/security-notices/uncontrolled-resource-consumption-with-highly-compressed-xmpp-stanzas/