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FreeBSD : Prosody -- multiple vulnerabilities (fc75570a-b417-11eb-a23d-c7ab331fd711)

high Nessus Plugin ID 149493

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The Prosody security advisory 2021-05-12 reports :

This advisory details 5 new security vulnerabilities discovered in the Prosody.im XMPP server software. All issues are fixed in the 0.11.9 release default configuration.

- CVE-2021-32918: DoS via insufficient memory consumption controls

- CVE-2021-32920: DoS via repeated TLS renegotiation causing excessive CPU consumption

- CVE-2021-32921: Use of timing-dependent string comparison with sensitive values

- CVE-2021-32917: Use of mod_proxy65 is unrestricted in default configuration

- CVE-2021-32919: Undocumented dialback-without-dialback option insecure

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?3579533e

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 149493

File Name: freebsd_pkg_fc75570ab41711eba23dc7ab331fd711.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 5/14/2021

Updated: 5/10/2022

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-32921

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-32919

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:prosody, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/12/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-32917, CVE-2021-32918, CVE-2021-32919, CVE-2021-32920, CVE-2021-32921