esl/mongooseim · Security
Erlang Solutions MongooseIM vulnerable to denial of service (DoS) via crafted XMPP stream
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-5v5w-44w6-q5hv
- CVE ID
- CVE-2014-2829
- Severity
- high
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS v4
- 8.7 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Description
Erlang Solutions MongooseIM through 1.3.1 rev. 2 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.
CWEs
- CWE-770 · Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling