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Vulnerability · Published May 13, 2021 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2021-32917

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in the prosody package (Alpine). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.2% (higher than 82% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)2.2%top 17.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.20prosody0.11.9-r0ALPINE-CVE-2021-32917
Alpine:v3.21prosody0.11.9-r0ALPINE-CVE-2021-32917
Alpine:v3.22prosody0.11.9-r0ALPINE-CVE-2021-32917
Alpine:v3.23prosody0.11.9-r0ALPINE-CVE-2021-32917
Alpine:v3.24prosody0.11.9-r0ALPINE-CVE-2021-32917
Debian:12prosody0.11.9-1DEBIAN-CVE-2021-32917
Debian:13prosody0.11.9-1DEBIAN-CVE-2021-32917
Debian:14prosody0.11.9-1DEBIAN-CVE-2021-32917
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSprosodyno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-32917

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

References