CVE-2021-32918: High severity prosody vulnerability
Published May 13, 2021
·Updated
An issue was discovered in Prosody before 0.11.9. Default settings are susceptible to remote unauthenticated denial-of-service (DoS) attacks via memory exhaustion when running under Lua 5.2 or Lua 5.3.
Affected Software
8 affected componentsFixes available
debian/prosody
0.11.2-1+deb10u40.11.9-2+deb11u20.12.3-10.12.4-1
Prosody prosody<0.11.9
Lua Lua=5.2.0
Lua Lua=5.3.0
Debian Debian Linux=10.0
Fedoraproject Fedora=32
Fedoraproject Fedora=33
Fedoraproject Fedora=34
Event History
May 13, 2021
CVE Published
via MITRE·03:11 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·03:11 PM
Description
Frequently Asked Questions
1
What is the vulnerability ID for this issue?
The vulnerability ID for this issue is CVE-2021-32918.
2
What is the severity of CVE-2021-32918?
The severity of CVE-2021-32918 is high with a CVSS score of 7.5.
3
What is the affected software for CVE-2021-32918?
The affected software for CVE-2021-32918 is Prosody version 0.11.2-1+deb10u4, 0.11.9-2+deb11u2, 0.12.3-1, and 0.12.4-1 running under Lua 5.2 or Lua 5.3.
4
How can I fix CVE-2021-32918?
To fix CVE-2021-32918, update Prosody to version 0.11.9 or apply the available patches from the official Prosody website.
5
Where can I find more information about CVE-2021-32918?
You can find more information about CVE-2021-32918 in the references provided: [link1], [link2], and [link3].