CVE-2017-18265 json
Prosody before 0.10.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash), related to an incompatibility with certain…
published 2018-05-09 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-9392
- cvss
- 7.5
- version 3.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 1.7%
- EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 77%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Prosody 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.
Patch / fix
- prosody prosody 0.10.0
- prosody Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.10.0-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-18265
Exploit prediction
1.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
References
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hg.prosody.im
/0.9/rev/176b7f4e4ac9
patch
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hg.prosody.im
/0.9/rev/adfffc5b4e2a
patch
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debian.org
/security/2018/dsa-4198
vendor-advisory, technical-description
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prosody.im
/issues/issue/987
vendor-advisory
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bugs.debian.org
/875829
issue-tracking, mailing-list
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2017-18265
- NVD CVE-2017-18265
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