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openSUSE: 2018:1627-1 Moderate: Session Management Issue in Prosody

An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.. openSUSE Security Update: Security update for prosody ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2018:1627-1 Rating: moderate References: #1094890 Cross-References: CVE-2018-10847 Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.3 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. Description: This update for prosody fixes the following issues: This security issue was fixed: - CVE-2018-10847: Prevent insufficient validation of client-provided parameters during XMPP stream restarts. Authenticated users may have overriden the realm associated with their session, potentially bypassing security policies and allowing impersonation (bsc#1094890). Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE Leap 42.3: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2018-597=1 Package List: - openSUSE Leap 42.3 (i586 x86_64): prosody-0.9.13-2.6.1 prosody-debuginfo-0.9.13-2.6.1 prosody-debugsource-0.9.13-2.6.1 References: https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10847.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/1094890 -- . A security patch for prosody in openSUSE addresses a moderate vulnerability concerning the validation of client parameters.. openSUSE Security Update, prosody flaw, session management issues. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Jun 09, 2018 OpenSUSE