CVE-2017-18265

NameCVE-2017-18265
DescriptionProsody before 0.10.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash), related to an incompatibility with certain versions of the LuaSocket library, such as the lua-socket package from Debian stretch. The attacker needs to trigger a stream error. A crash can be observed in, for example, the c2s module.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-4198-1
Debian Bugs875829

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
prosody (PTS)buster, buster (security)0.11.2-1+deb10u4fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye0.11.9-2+deb11u2fixed
bookworm0.12.3-1fixed
sid, trixie0.12.4-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
prosodysourcewheezy(not affected)
prosodysourcejessie(not affected)
prosodysourcestretch0.9.12-2+deb9u1DSA-4198-1
prosodysource(unstable)0.10.0-1875829

Notes

[jessie] - prosody <not-affected> (Only exploitable with a LuaSocket version not in jessie)
[wheezy] - prosody <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://prosody.im/issues/issue/987

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