Ignite Realtime Openfire vulnerable to XMPPbomb attack
nio/XMLLightweightParser.java in Ignite Realtime Openfire before 3.9.2 does not properly restrict the processing of compressed XML elements, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a crafted XMPP stream, aka an "xmppbomb" attack.
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describes (1)
Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2014-2741US | high7.8 | — | ||
nio/XMLLightweightParser.java in Ignite Realtime Openfire before 3.9.2 does not properly restrict the processing of compressed XML elements, which allows remote attackers to cause… | ||||
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references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://community.igniterealtime.org/thread/52317WEB
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/07/7WEB
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/09/1WEB
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/495476WEB
- https://github.com/igniterealtime/OpenfirePACKAGE
- https://github.com/igniterealtime/Openfire/commit/3aec383e07ee893b77396fe946766bbd3758af77WEB
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2741ADVISORY
- https://web.archive.org/web/20140407092132/http://xmpp.org/resources/security-notices/uncontrolled-resource-consumption-with-highly-compressed-xmpp-stanzasWEB
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