Error handling in Prosody - CVE-2017-18265

Vulnerability identifier: #VU12568

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-18265

CWE-ID: CWE-388

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: Prosody

Affected software:
Prosody

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists due to a stream error. A remote attacker can cause the service to crash.

Update to version 0.10.0.

• https://issues.prosody.im/987