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CVE-2014-2745

Prosody before 0.9.4 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, related to core/portmanager.lua and util/xmppstream.lua.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2014-2745 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 1 product from prosody organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2014, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2014-04-11T01:55:06.693

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-264

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	prosody	prosody	≤ 0.9.3	Yes
Application	prosody	prosody	0.1.0	Yes
Application	prosody	prosody	0.2.0	Yes
Application	prosody	prosody	0.3.0	Yes
Application	prosody	prosody	0.4.0	Yes
Application	prosody	prosody	0.4.1	Yes
Application	prosody	prosody	0.4.2	Yes
Application	prosody	prosody	0.5.0	Yes
Application	prosody	prosody	0.5.1	Yes
Application	prosody	prosody	0.5.2	Yes
Application	prosody	prosody	0.6.0	Yes
Application	prosody	prosody	0.6.1	Yes
Application	prosody	prosody	0.6.2	Yes
Application	prosody	prosody	0.7.0	Yes
Application	prosody	prosody	0.8.0	Yes
Application	prosody	prosody	0.8.1	Yes
Application	prosody	prosody	0.8.2	Yes
Application	prosody	prosody	0.9.0	Yes
Application	prosody	prosody	0.9.1	Yes
Application	prosody	prosody	0.9.2	Yes

References

http://blog.prosody.im/prosody-0-9-4-released/ ([email protected])
http://hg.prosody.im/0.9/rev/1107d66d2ab2 ([email protected])
http://hg.prosody.im/0.9/rev/a97591d2e1ad ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/07/7 ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/09/1 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/57710 ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2895 ([email protected])
http://xmpp.org/resources/security-notices/uncontrolled-resource-consumption-with-highly-compressed-xmpp-stanzas/ ([email protected])
http://blog.prosody.im/prosody-0-9-4-released/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://hg.prosody.im/0.9/rev/1107d66d2ab2 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://hg.prosody.im/0.9/rev/a97591d2e1ad (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/07/7 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/09/1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/57710 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2895 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://xmpp.org/resources/security-notices/uncontrolled-resource-consumption-with-highly-compressed-xmpp-stanzas/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For prosody's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.