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A vulnerability was found in Prosody up to 0.9.8 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component mod_dialback. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a weak prng vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-338. The product uses a Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) in a security context, but the PRNG's algorithm is not cryptographically strong. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The mod_dialback module in Prosody before 0.9.9 does not properly generate random values for the secret token for server-to-server dialback authentication, which makes it easier for attackers to spoof servers via a brute force attack.

The weakness was shared 01/12/2016 by Thijs Alkemade (Website). The advisory is shared for download at blog.prosody.im. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-1232 since 12/27/2015. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1600.001.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 87975 (Debian DLA-391-1 : prosody security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 124593 (Fedora Security Update for prosody (FEDORA-2016-e289f41b76)).

Upgrading to version 0.9.9 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 4 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (87975), SecurityFocus (BID 79946†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-56256†). The entry VDB-80203 is related to this item.

Productinfo

Name

• Prosody

Version

• 0.9.0
• 0.9.1
• 0.9.2
• 0.9.3
• 0.9.4
• 0.9.5
• 0.9.6
• 0.9.7
• 0.9.8

CPE 2.3info

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• 🔍
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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.3

VulDB Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Temp Score: 7.2
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 7.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Weak prng
CWE: CWE-338 / CWE-331 / CWE-330
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 87975
Nessus Name: Debian DLA-391-1 : prosody security update
Nessus File: 🔍
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OpenVAS ID: 703439
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 3439-1 (prosody - security update)
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

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Upgrade: Prosody 0.9.9

Timelineinfo

12/27/2015 🔍
01/08/2016 +12 days 🔍
01/08/2016 +0 days 🔍
01/12/2016 +4 days 🔍
01/12/2016 +0 days 🔍
01/13/2016 +1 days 🔍
01/16/2016 +3 days 🔍
01/19/2016 +3 days 🔍
01/28/2016 +9 days 🔍
07/03/2022 +2348 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: FEDORA-2016-38e48069f8
Researcher: Thijs Alkemade
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2016-1232 (🔍)
OVAL: 🔍

SecurityFocus: 79946 - Prosody XMPP Server Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Center: 56256 - Prosody <0.9.9 Remote Spoofing Vulnerability in mod_dialback, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 01/13/2016 09:26 AM
Updated: 07/03/2022 08:02 AM
Changes: 01/13/2016 09:26 AM (66), 07/22/2018 10:20 AM (21), 07/03/2022 08:02 AM (4)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 3:D71:40

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