CVE-2017-18265 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Prosody versions prior to 0.10.0, specifically when used with certain LuaSocket library versions like those in Debian stretch. An unauthenticated remote attacker can trigger a stream error, leading to an application crash in modules such as c2s. This vulnerability has a CVSS v3.0 score of 7.5 (High), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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