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CVE-2020-8086

Published: Jan 28, 2020Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-863
NVD MITRE
9.8CVSSCRITICAL
EPSS Score
1.6%
Top 28.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

The mod_auth_ldap and mod_auth_ldap2 Community Modules through 2020-01-27 for Prosody incompletely verify the XMPP address passed to the is_admin() function. This grants remote entities admin-only functionality if their username matches the username of a local admin.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-863

Affected Products

mod auth ldapprosody
On-prem
Communications / messaging-chat
mod auth ldap2prosody
On-prem
Communications / messaging-chat
debian linuxdebian
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
n/an/a
Debian GNU/LinuxСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
prosodyoss-projectCommunicationsaka mod auth ldap, mod auth ldap2
debianoss-projectGBOperating Systemsaka debian gnu/linux
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
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References

https://hg.prosody.im/prosody-modules/log/tip/mod_auth_ldap/mod_auth_ldap.lua
hg.prosody.im
https://hg.prosody.im/prosody-modules/log/tip/mod_auth_ldap2/mod_auth_ldap2.lua
hg.prosody.im
https://prosody.im/security/advisory_20200128/
prosody.im
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Timeline

Published
Jan 28, 2020
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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