CVE-2014-2829

Erlang Solutions MongooseIM through 1.3.1 rev. 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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 7.8 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2014-04-11

Last modified

2024-09-17

Weaknesses

CWE-264

Affected products

• Mongooseim (Erlang-solutions)

References

• http://xmpp.org/resources/security-notices/uncontrolled-resource-consumption-with-highly-compressed-xmpp-stanzas/
• https://github.com/esl/MongooseIM/commit/586d96cc12ef218243a3466354b4d208b5472a6c