#VU110630 Spoofing attack in Prosody - CVE-2016-0756
Published: June 8, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU110630
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-0756
CWE-ID: CWE-451
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Prosody
Prosody
Software vendor:
Prosody
Prosody
Description
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 updates from vendor's website.
External links
- http://blog.prosody.im/prosody-0-9-10-released/
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176796.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176914.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3463
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/27/10
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82241
- https://prosody.im/issues/issue/596
- https://prosody.im/security/advisory_20160127/