CVE-2011-4320
EPSS 1.2%Ejabberd DoS via malformed stanza
Published: 5/17/2022Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
The mod_pubsub module (mod_pubsub.erl) in ejabberd 2.1.8 and 3.0.0-alpha-3 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a stanza with a publish tag that lacks a node attribute.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/ejabberdfrom 0, < 2.1.9-1
- Hex/ejabberdfrom 0, < 2.1.9
References (9)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4320
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-4320
- PATCHhttps://github.com/processone/ejabberd
- WEBhttps://github.com/processone/ejabberd/commit/d3c4eab46f3cd54f7686cfed740d9c130b6801cf
- WEBhttps://github.com/processone/ejabberd/commit/d5b4d6785879f0a5192c26f5b5e218aec8104798
- WEBhttps://support.process-one.net/browse/EJAB-1498
- WEBhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/19/1
- WEBhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/19/2
- WEBhttp://www.process-one.net/en/ejabberd/release_notes/release_note_ejabberd_2.1.9