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openSUSE Security Update : prosody (openSUSE-2018-596)

high Nessus Plugin ID 110436

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for prosody to version 0.10.2 fixes the following issues :

This security issue was fixed :

 - CVE-2018-10847: Prevent insufficient validation of client-provided parameters during XMPP stream restarts.
 Authenticated users may have overriden the realm associated with their session, potentially bypassing security policies and allowing impersonation (bsc#1094890).

These non-security issues were fixed :

 - mod_websocket: Store the request object on the session for use by other modules

 - mod_c2s: Avoid concatenating potential nil value

 - core.certmanager: Allow all non-whitespace in service name

 - mod_disco: Skip code specific to disco on user accounts

- mod_bosh: Store the normalized hostname on session

 - MUC: Fix error logged when no persistent rooms present

Solution

Update the affected prosody packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1094890

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 110436

File Name: openSUSE-2018-596.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/11/2018

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:prosody, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:prosody-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:prosody-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 6/9/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-10847