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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 11, 2014· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2014-2744

CVE-2014-2744

Description

plugins/mod_compression.lua in (1) Prosody before 0.9.4 and (2) Lightwitch Metronome through 3.4 negotiates stream compression while a session is unauthenticated, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via compressed XML elements in an XMPP stream, aka an "xmppbomb" attack.

Affected products

21
  • Lightwitch/Metronome
    cpe:2.3:a:lightwitch:metronome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Range: <=3.4
  • Prosody/Prosody20 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 19 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=0.9.3
    • cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

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Vulnerability mechanics

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