Debian: DSA-4198-1 Critical: Prosody Denial Of Service Advisory
debian
May 9, 2018
Albert Dengg discovered that incorrect parsing of messages in the Prosody Jabber/XMPP server may result in denial of service
Topics Covered
Summary
Albert Dengg discovered that incorrect parsing of
in the Prosody Jabber/XMPP server may result in denial of service.
The oldstable distribution (jessie) is not affected.
For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.9.12-2+deb9u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your prosody packages.
For the detailed security status of prosody please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/prosody
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-2017-18265
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