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Debian: CVE-2021-32917: prosody -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2021-32917: prosody -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
05/13/2021
Created
05/20/2021
Added
05/19/2021
Modified
05/25/2021

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.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-prosody

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