CVE-2014-2743

Description

plugins/mod_compression.lua in Lightwitch Metronome through 3.4 does not properly restrict the processing of compressed XML elements, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a crafted XMPP stream, aka an "xmppbomb" attack.

Predictions

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

References

• http://code.lightwitch.org/metronome/rev/49f47277a411
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/07/7
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/09/1
• http://xmpp.org/resources/security-notices/uncontrolled-resource-consumption-with-highly-compressed-xmpp-stanzas/
• http://code.lightwitch.org/metronome/rev/49f47277a411
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/07/7
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/09/1
• http://xmpp.org/resources/security-notices/uncontrolled-resource-consumption-with-highly-compressed-xmpp-stanzas/

CWEs

CWE-264