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CVE-2017-18265
Published:May 09, 2018
Updated:September 21, 2026
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.
Related Resources (7)
https://prosody.im/issues/issue/987
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4198
https://hg.prosody.im/0.9/rev/adfffc5b4e2a
https://bugs.debian.org/875829
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-18265
https://hg.prosody.im/0.9/rev/176b7f4e4ac9
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-18265
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
8.7
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
EPSS
Base Score:
1.62