Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 28, 2020· Updated Aug 4, 2024
CVE-2020-8086
CVE-2020-8086
Description
The mod_auth_ldap and mod_auth_ldap2 Community Modules through 2020-01-27 for Prosody incompletely verify the XMPP address passed to the is_admin() function. This grants remote entities admin-only functionality if their username matches the username of a local admin.
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Affected products
2- Prosody/Prosodydescription
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4612mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- hg.prosody.im/prosody-modules/log/tip/mod_auth_ldap/mod_auth_ldap.luamitrex_refsource_MISC
- hg.prosody.im/prosody-modules/log/tip/mod_auth_ldap2/mod_auth_ldap2.luamitrex_refsource_MISC
- prosody.im/security/advisory_20200128/mitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
- seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Feb/5mitremailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
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