CVE-2021-32919: High severity prosody vulnerability

Published May 13, 2021
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Updated

An issue was discovered in Prosody before 0.11.9. The undocumented dialbackwithoutdialback option in moddialback enables an experimental feature for server-to-server authentication. It does not correctly authenticate remote server certificates, allowing a remote server to impersonate another server (when this option is enabled).

Affected Software

6 affected componentsFixes available
debian/prosody
0.11.2-1+deb10u40.11.9-2+deb11u20.12.3-10.12.4-1
Prosody prosody>=0.10.0<0.11.9
Debian Debian Linux=10.0
Fedoraproject Fedora=32
Fedoraproject Fedora=33
Fedoraproject Fedora=34

Event History

May 13, 2021
CVE Published
via MITRE·03:12 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·03:12 PM
Description
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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is CVE-2021-32919?

CVE-2021-32919 is an issue discovered in Prosody, a XMPP server, before version 0.11.9.

2

What is the severity of CVE-2021-32919?

CVE-2021-32919 has a severity level of high with a CVSS score of 7.5.

3

How does CVE-2021-32919 affect Prosody?

CVE-2021-32919 affects Prosody versions before 0.11.9.

4

What is the vulnerability in CVE-2021-32919?

The vulnerability in CVE-2021-32919 is the undocumented dialback_without_dialback option in mod_dialback, which enables an experimental feature for server-to-server authentication.

5

How can I fix CVE-2021-32919 in Prosody?

To fix CVE-2021-32919 in Prosody, you should update to version 0.11.9 or later.

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