-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-2248-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://www.debian.org/security/ Nico Golde March 31, 2011 https://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : ejabberd Vulnerability : denial of service Problem type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CVE-2011-1753 Wouter Coekaerts discovered that ejabberd, a distributed XMPP/Jabber server written in Erlang, is vulnerable to the so-called "billion laughs" attack because it does not prevent entity expansion on received data. This allows an attacker to perform denial of service attacks against the service by sending specially crafted XML data to it. For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 2.0.1-6+lenny3. For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 2.1.5-3+squeeze1. For the testing distribution (wheezy), this problem will be fixed soon. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.1.6-2.1. We recommend that you upgrade your ejabberd packages. Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/ Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Debian: DSA-2248-1: ejabberd security update
Wouter Coekaerts discovered that ejabberd, a distributed XMPP/Jabber server written in Erlang, is vulnerable to the so-called "billion laughs" attack because it does not prevent entity expansion on received data. This allows an attacker to perform denial of service attacks against the
