Resource management error in Prosody - CVE-2011-2532
Published: June 23, 2011 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU44934
CSH Severity: Medium
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:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-2532
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Prosody
Affected software:
Prosody
Prosody
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
The json.decode function in util/json.lua in Prosody 0.8.x before 0.8.1 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via invalid JSON data, as demonstrated by truncated data.
How to mitigate CVE-2011-2532
Install update from vendor's website.