CVE-2014-2741

Impact

nio/XMLLightweightParser.java in Ignite Realtime Openfire before 3.9.2 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.

Affected products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://community.igniterealtime.org/thread/52317
• http://fisheye.igniterealtime.org/changelog/openfiregit?cs=3aec383e07ee893b77396fe946766bbd3758af77
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/07/7
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/09/1
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/495476
• http://xmpp.org/resources/security-notices/uncontrolled-resource-consumption-with-highly-compressed-xmpp-stanzas/
• http://community.igniterealtime.org/thread/52317
• http://fisheye.igniterealtime.org/changelog/openfiregit?cs=3aec383e07ee893b77396fe946766bbd3758af77
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/07/7
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/09/1
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/495476
• http://xmpp.org/resources/security-notices/uncontrolled-resource-consumption-with-highly-compressed-xmpp-stanzas/