SB2022011424 - Fedora EPEL 9 update for prosody 



SB2022011424 - Fedora EPEL 9 update for prosody

Published: January 14, 2022

Security Bulletin ID SB2022011424
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) XML Entity Expansion (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0217)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper validation of untrusted XML data. A remote attacker can send specially crafted data to the affected server and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.