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Debian Security Advisory DSA 4216-1 (prosody - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
It was discovered that Prosody, a lightweight Jabber/XMPP server, does not properly validate client-provided parameters during XMPP stream restarts, allowing authenticated users to override the realm associated with their session, potentially bypassing security policies and allowing impersonation.
Affected Software
Affected Software
prosody on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.7-2+deb8u4. For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.12-2+deb9u2. We recommend that you upgrade your prosody packages. For the detailed security status of prosody please refer to its security tracker page linked in the references.