CVE-2011-2205 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Prosody versions prior to 0.8.1. Attackers can exploit this by sending a specially crafted XML document with deeply nested entity references, causing excessive memory and CPU consumption. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and potential for partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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