Description
An issue was discovered in Prosody before 0.11.9. The proxy65 component allows open access by default, even if neither of the users has an XMPP account on the local server, allowing unrestricted use of the server's bandwidth.
Metrics
CVSS 3.1 5.3/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:LWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/13/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/14/2Mailing List, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
- https://blog.prosody.im/prosody-0.11.9-released/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00016.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6MFFBZWXKPZEVZNQSVJNCUE7WRF3T7DG/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GUN63AHEWB2WRROJHU3BVJRWLONCT2B7/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LWJ2DG2DFJOEFEWOUN26IMYYWGSA2ZEE/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-15Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4916Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/13/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/14/2Mailing List, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
- https://blog.prosody.im/prosody-0.11.9-released/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00016.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6MFFBZWXKPZEVZNQSVJNCUE7WRF3T7DG/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GUN63AHEWB2WRROJHU3BVJRWLONCT2B7/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LWJ2DG2DFJOEFEWOUN26IMYYWGSA2ZEE/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-15Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4916Third Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- May 13, 2021
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified