CVE-2016-1232
high
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.5
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | 7.0 | affected | |
| debian | 8.0 | affected | |
| fedora | 22 | affected | |
| fedora | 23 | affected | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 0.9.9-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 0.9.9-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 0.9.9-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 0.9.9-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 0.9.9-1 |
References
- http://blog.prosody.im/prosody-0-9-9-security-release/
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175829.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175868.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3439
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/08/5
- https://prosody.im/issues/issue/571
- https://prosody.im/security/advisory_20160108-2/
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1232
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.