CVE-2021-32918 is a remote unauthenticated denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Prosody versions prior to 0.11.9 when running on Lua 5.2 or 5.3, as well as related Debian and Fedora Project distributions. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) allows attackers to exhaust memory resources with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, and community discussion is minimal, organizations using affected Prosody versions should prioritize patching to mitigate potential DoS attacks.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.11.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
32CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
33CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
34CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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