CVE-2014-8760
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.0
Description
ejabberd before 2.1.13 does not enforce the starttls_required setting when compression is used, which causes clients to establish connections without encryption.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 14.07-3 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 14.07-3 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 14.07-3 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 14.07-3 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 14.07-3 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| process-one | ejabberd | {"endIncluding":"2.1.12"} | |
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0417.html
- http://mail.jabber.org/pipermail/operators/2014-October/002438.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/312
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:207
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:175
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70415
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1153839
- https://github.com/processone/ejabberd/commit/7bdc1151b
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8760
CWEs
CWE-310
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.