FKIE_CVE-2014-2829

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2014-04-11 01:55 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:07
Severity
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://xmpp.org/resources/security-notices/uncontrolled-resource-consumption-with-highly-compressed-xmpp-stanzas/
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/esl/MongooseIM/commit/586d96cc12ef218243a3466354b4d208b5472a6cExploit, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://xmpp.org/resources/security-notices/uncontrolled-resource-consumption-with-highly-compressed-xmpp-stanzas/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/esl/MongooseIM/commit/586d96cc12ef218243a3466354b4d208b5472a6cExploit, Patch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
erlang-solutions mongooseim *
erlang-solutions mongooseim 1.2.1
erlang-solutions mongooseim 1.2.2
erlang-solutions mongooseim 1.3.0
erlang-solutions mongooseim 1.3.1
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