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Debian: CVE-2016-1232: prosody -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2016-1232: prosody -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
01/10/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/02/2016
Modified
03/23/2020

Description

The mod_dialback module in Prosody before 0.9.9 does not properly generate random values for the secret token for server-to-server dialback authentication, which makes it easier for attackers to spoof servers via a brute force attack.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-prosody

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