PT-2012-1859 · Processone · Ejabberd

Published 2012-02-18 · Updated 2022-05-17 · CVE-2011-4320

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions ejabberd versions 2.1.8 through 3.0.0-alpha-3

Description The issue allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service, resulting in an infinite loop. This occurs when a stanza with a publish tag lacks a node attribute, specifically affecting the mod pubsub module.

Recommendations For ejabberd version 2.1.8, consider disabling the mod pubsub module until a patch is available. For ejabberd version 3.0.0-alpha-3, restrict access to the mod pubsub module to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Resource Exhaustion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

CWE-400

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-4320

GHSA-2H3Q-V47H-F4RC

Affected Products

Ejabberd

References · 14

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-2h3q-v47h-f4rc · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4320 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.process-one.net/browse/EJAB-1498 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2011-4320 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4320 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/46915 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-4320 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/processone/ejabberd/commit/d5b4d6785879f0a5192c26f5b5e218aec8104798 · Note
• https://github.com/processone/ejabberd/commit/d3c4eab46f3cd54f7686cfed740d9c130b6801cf · Note
• https://github.com/processone/ejabberd · Note
• http://osvdb.org/77302 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/19/2 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/19/1 · Note
• http://process-one.net/en/ejabberd/release_notes/release_note_ejabberd_2.1.9 · Note