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CVE-2014-2744
plugins/mod_compression.lua in (1) Prosody before 0.9.4 and (2) Lightwitch Metronome through 3.4 negotiates stream compression while a…
High7.8EPSS 3.3%
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- debian
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.8 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.3% · top 11% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (8)
- http://xmpp.org/resources/security-notices/uncontrolled-resource-consumption-with-highly-compressed-xmpp-stanzas/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- DSA-2895 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 57710 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://code.lightwitch.org/metronome/rev/49f47277a411 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://blog.prosody.im/prosody-0-9-4-released/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://hg.prosody.im/0.9/rev/b3b1c9da38fb (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140408 Re: (Openfire M-Link Metronome Prosody Tigase) Possible CVE Request: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption with XMPP-Layer Compression (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140407 Re: Possible CVE Request: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption with XMPP-Layer Compression (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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