CVE-2016-1232

HIGH

prosody < 0.9.9 - Server Spoofing via Weak Dialback Secret Token

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://prosody.im/issues/issue/571
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://blog.prosody.im/prosody-0-9-9-security-release/
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://prosody.im/security/advisory_20160108-2/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175868.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175829.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3439
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/08/5

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0218
EPSS Percentile 80.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

Status published
Products (13)
debian/debian_linux 7.0
debian/debian_linux 8.0
fedoraproject/fedora 22
fedoraproject/fedora 23
prosody/prosody 0.9.0
prosody/prosody 0.9.1
prosody/prosody 0.9.2
prosody/prosody 0.9.3
prosody/prosody 0.9.4
prosody/prosody 0.9.5
... and 3 more
Published Jan 12, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026