Description
prosody before versions 0.10.2, 0.9.14 is vulnerable to an Authentication Bypass. Prosody did not verify that the virtual host associated with a user session remained the same across stream restarts. A user may authenticate to XMPP host A and migrate their authenticated session to XMPP host B of the same Prosody instance.
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CVSS Vector Breakdown
Exploitability
AV:NAttack VectorNetwork
AC:HAttack ComplexityHigh
PR:LPrivileges RequiredLow
UI:NUser InteractionNone
Scope
S:UScopeUnchanged
Impact
C:LConfidentialityLow
I:LIntegrityLow
A:NAvailabilityNone
Weaknesses
Affected Products
prosody
oss-projectaka mod auth ldap, mod auth ldap2
Exploitability
Official Patch Available
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MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques Initial Access
References
https://issues.prosody.im/1147
issues.prosody.im
https://blog.prosody.im/prosody-0-10-2-security-release/
blog.prosody.im
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4216
debian.org
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