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ID:7249 - Exploit for XML Entity Expansion in Prosody - CVE-2022-0217
ID:7249 - Exploit for XML Entity Expansion in Prosody - CVE-2022-0217
Published: January 19, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU59655
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0217
CWE-ID: CWE-776
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Vulnerable software:
Prosody
Prosody
Link to public exploit:
Vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper validation of untrusted XML data. A remote attacker can send specially crafted data to the affected server and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.