Vulnerability CVE-2016-1232
Published: 2016-01-12

Description:
The mod_dialback module in Prosody before 0.9.9 does not properly generate random values for the secret token for server-to-server dialback authentication, which makes it easier for attackers to spoof servers via a brute force attack.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Prosody -> Prosody 
Fedoraproject -> Fedora 
Debian -> Debian linux 

 References:
http://blog.prosody.im/prosody-0-9-9-security-release/
https://prosody.im/security/advisory_20160108-2/
https://prosody.im/issues/issue/571
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/08/5
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3439
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175868.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175829.html
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