Debian 7: DSA-3463-1 Critical: Prosody Server Impersonation
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January 31, 2016
It was discovered that insecure handling of dialback keys may allow a malicious XMPP server to impersonate another server
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Summary
It was discovered that insecure handling of dialback keys may allow
a malicious XMPP server to impersonate another server.
For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed
in version 0.8.2-4+deb7u4.
For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.9.7-2+deb8u3.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.9.10-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your prosody 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/
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Package: prosody
CVE ID: CVE-2016-0756
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