SB2016012910 - Spoofing attack in Prosody

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SB2016012910 - Spoofing attack in Prosody

Published: January 29, 2016 Updated: June 8, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2016012910
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) Spoofing attack (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-0756)

CWE-ID: CWE-451 - User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information (Clickjacking, spoofing)

CVSSv4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect processing of user-supplied data when generating dialback keys within the generate_dialback() function in the mod_dialback module. A remote attacker can spoof XMPP network domains via a crafted stream id and domain name that is included in the target domain as a suffix.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References