Packages
- prosody-modules - Selection of community modules for Prosody
Details
It was discovered that the LDAP authentication modules in Prosody Community
Modules did not fully verify XMPP addresses when checking for administrator
privileges. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to gain
administrator privileges.
It was discovered that the LDAP authentication modules in Prosody Community
Modules did not fully verify XMPP addresses when checking for administrator
privileges. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to gain
administrator privileges.
Update instructions
After a standard system update you need to restart Prosody to make all the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 18.04 LTS bionic | prosody-modules – 0.0~hg20170929.c53cc1ae4788+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1~esm1 | ||
| 16.04 LTS xenial | prosody-modules – 0.0~hg20150813.12ac88940fe3-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 | ||
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