USN-4834-1: Prosody vulnerability
Publication date
15 March 2021
Overview
Prosody could allow unintended access to network services.
Releases
Packages
- prosody - Lightweight Jabber/XMPP server
Details
It was discovered that Prosody incorrectly validated the virtual host
associated with a user session across stream restarts. A remote attacker
could use this issue to gain unintended access to resources.
It was discovered that Prosody incorrectly validated the virtual host
associated with a user session across stream restarts. A remote attacker
could use this issue to gain unintended access to resources.
Update instructions
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 18.04 LTS bionic | prosody – 0.10.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | ||
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