Security restrictions bypass in Prosody - CVE-2018-10847
Published: June 5, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU13181
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-10847
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Prosody
Affected software:
Prosody
Prosody
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.
The weakness exists due to insufficient validation of client-provided parameters during XMPP stream restarts. A remote attacker can supply specially crafted parameters, override the realm associated with the session, bypass security restrictions and impersonate a legitimate user.
The weakness exists due to insufficient validation of client-provided parameters during XMPP stream restarts. A remote attacker can supply specially crafted parameters, override the realm associated with the session, bypass security restrictions and impersonate a legitimate user.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-10847
The vulnerability is addressed in the following versions: 0.9.14, 0.10.2.