Authentication bypass in jabberd2 - CVE-2017-10807

 

Authentication bypass in jabberd2 - CVE-2017-10807

Published: July 6, 2017 / Updated: July 11, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU7399
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10807
CWE-ID: CWE-287
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: jabberd2.org
Affected software:
jabberd2

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass authentication.

The vulnerability exists due to an error in jabberd2, when sasl.anonymous c2s.xml option is not enabled. A remote unauthenticated attacker can bypass authentication process using SASL ANONYMOUS authentication.

How to mitigate CVE-2017-10807

Update to version 2.6.1.

Sources