VDB-72698 · CVE-2014-8760 · BID 70415

Process-one ejabberd 2.1.12 Encryption cryptographic issues

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A vulnerability was found in Process-one ejabberd 2.1.12 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Encryption. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issues vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-310. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

ejabberd before 2.1.13 does not enforce the starttls_required setting when compression is used, which causes clients to establish connections without encryption.

The weakness was presented 10/24/2014 (Website). The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-8760. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1600 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 82450 (Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : ejabberd (MDVSA-2015:175)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva Local Security Checks.

Upgrading to version 2.1.12 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (82450).

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Class: Cryptographic issues
CWE: CWE-310
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 82450
Nessus Name: Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : ejabberd (MDVSA-2015:175)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: ejabberd 2.1.12
Patch: github.com

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10/13/2014 🔍
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10/24/2014 +11 days 🔍
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11/03/2014 +10 days 🔍
03/27/2015 +144 days 🔍
03/31/2015 +4 days 🔍
04/03/2022 +2560 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: github.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2014-8760 (🔍)
Vulnerability Center: 46856 - Ejabberd Before 2.1.13 Remote Security Bypass, Medium
SecurityFocus: 70415 - ejabberd 'starttls_required' Encryption Security Weakness

Entryinfo

Created: 03/27/2015 12:07
Updated: 04/03/2022 07:19
Changes: 03/27/2015 12:07 (61), 06/11/2017 04:47 (3), 04/03/2022 07:13 (4), 04/03/2022 07:19 (1)
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