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CVE-2020-8086

Published: Jan 28, 2020Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-863
9.8CRITICAL
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
1.5%
Top 26.7%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

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.

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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

prosody
oss-projectaka mod auth ldap, mod auth ldap2
mod auth ldapOn-prem
Communications / messaging-chat
mod auth ldap2On-prem
Communications / messaging-chat
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения
oss-projectaka fsf
Debian GNU/LinuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Prosody dev team
oss-projectaka prosody
ProsodyOn-prem
Communications / messaging-chat
debian
oss-project·GBaka debian gnu/linux
debian linuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
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References

https://prosody.im/security/advisory_20200128/
prosody.im
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8086
nvd.nist.gov
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-8086
security-tracker.debian.org
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