PT-2014-4898 · Lightwitch · Lightwitch Metronome

Published 2014-04-11 · Updated 2014-04-11 · CVE-2014-2743

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Lightwitch Metronome versions prior to 3.4

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service due to improper restriction of compressed XML elements processing. This can be achieved through a crafted XMPP stream, also known as an "xmppbomb" attack.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.4, update to version 3.4 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-2743

Affected Products

Lightwitch Metronome

References · 5

• 🔥 http://code.lightwitch.org/metronome/rev/49f47277a411 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2743 · Security Note
• http://xmpp.org/resources/security-notices/uncontrolled-resource-consumption-with-highly-compressed-xmpp-stanzas · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/07/7 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/09/1 · Note