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CVE-2016-1232

Date: January 12, 2016

The mod_dialback module in Prosody before 0.9.9 does not properly generate random values for the secret token for server-to-server dialback authentication, which makes it easier for attackers to spoof servers via a brute force attack.

Language: LUA

Severity Score

7.5

Related Resources (11)

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1232

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3439

Url: https://prosody.im/issues/issue/571

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175829.html

Url: http://blog.prosody.im/prosody-0-9-9-security-release/

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1232

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-1232

Url: https://prosody.im/security/advisory_20160108-2/

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/08/5

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175868.html

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-1232

Severity Score

7.5

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.5
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	5.0
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE
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