Lightwitch Metronome 3.4 plugins/mod_compression.lua input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Lightwitch Metronome 3.4. This affects an unknown function of the component plugins/mod_compression.lua. Such manipulation leads to input validation. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2014-2744. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Lightwitch Metronome 3.4. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component plugins/mod_compression.lua. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

plugins/mod_compression.lua in (1) Prosody before 0.9.4 and (2) Lightwitch Metronome through 3.4 negotiates stream compression while a session is unauthenticated, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via compressed XML elements in an XMPP stream, aka an "xmppbomb" attack.

The weakness was disclosed 04/10/2014 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at xmpp.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-2744 since 04/08/2014. The exploitation is known to be easy. 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 vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 73846 (Fedora 19 : prosody-0.8.2-11.fc19 (2014-5586)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (92521), Tenable (73846), SecurityFocus (BID 66723†), Secunia (SA57710†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-44435†). The entries VDB-66933, VDB-66931, VDB-66930 and VDB-66929 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 73846
Nessus Name: Fedora 19 : prosody-0.8.2-11.fc19 (2014-5586)
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OpenVAS ID: 867743
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for prosody FEDORA-2014-5586
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03/24/2015 +316 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: xmpp.org
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2014-2744 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-2744
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-66932
X-Force: 92521
SecurityFocus: 66723 - Prosody XMPP Server CVE-2014-2744 XMPP-Layer Compression Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 57710 - Debian update for prosody, Moderately Critical
Vulnerability Center: 44435 - Prosody before 0.9.4 and Lightwitch Metronome before 3.4 Remote DoS via Compressed XML Elements in an XMPP Stream, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 15:54
Updated: 05/10/2026 09:35
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (61), 05/27/2017 10:53 (12), 02/08/2022 07:28 (3), 05/10/2026 09:35 (15)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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