PT-2014-4911 · Erlang Solutions · Mongooseim

Published 2014-04-11 · Updated 2022-05-17 · CVE-2014-2829

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v4.0

8.7

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Erlang Solutions MongooseIM versions prior to 1.3.1 rev. 2

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

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.3.1 rev. 2, update to a version that properly restricts the processing of compressed XML elements to prevent denial of service attacks.

Exploit

Fix

Allocation of Resources Without Limits

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

CWE-770

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-2829

GHSA-5V5W-44W6-Q5HV

Affected Products

Mongooseim

References · 5

• 🔥 https://github.com/esl/MongooseIM/commit/586d96cc12ef218243a3466354b4d208b5472a6c · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2829 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-5v5w-44w6-q5hv · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/esl/MongooseIM · Note
• http://xmpp.org/resources/security-notices/uncontrolled-resource-consumption-with-highly-compressed-xmpp-stanzas · Note