CVE catalog
CVE-2014-2744
lua-expat: CVE-2014-2744
- Severity
- Medium
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 3.31% · Oct 25, 2026
plugins/mod_compression.lua in (1) Prosody before 0.9.4 and (2) Lightwitch Metronome through 3.4 negotiates stream compression while a session is unauthenticated, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via compressed XML elements in an XMPP stream, aka an "xmppbomb" attack.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | prosody | sid | 13.0.7-1 | fixed |
| Debian | prosody | forky | 13.0.7-1 | fixed |
| Debian | prosody | trixie | 13.0.1-1+deb131u | fixed |
| Debian | prosody | trixie-security | 13.0.1-1+deb131u | fixed |
| Debian | prosody | bookworm | 0.12.3-1+deb12u1 | fixed |
| Debian | prosody | bookworm-security | 0.12.3-1+deb12u1 | fixed |
| Debian | lua-expat | sid | 1.5.2-4 | fixed |
| Debian | lua-expat | forky | 1.5.2-4 | fixed |
| Debian | lua-expat | trixie | 1.5.2-1 | fixed |
| Debian | lua-expat | bookworm | 1.5.1-3 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | prosody | source | sid | 0.9.4-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | prosody | source | forky | 0.9.4-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | prosody | source | trixie | 0.9.4-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | prosody | source | bookworm | 0.9.4-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | lua-expat | source | sid | 1.3.0-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | lua-expat | source | forky | 1.3.0-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | lua-expat | source | trixie | 1.3.0-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | lua-expat | source | bookworm | 1.3.0-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [lua-expat]Unknown
Details (2)
1.5.1-3· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.3.0-1dsa · lua-expat · debian · bookworm; dsa · lua-expat · debian · 12
1.5.1-3· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.3.0-1dsa · lua-expat · debian · bookworm; dsa · lua-expat · debian · 12
- [lua-expat-dev]Unknown
Source package: [lua-expat]
Details (2)
1.5.1-3· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.3.0-1dsa · lua-expat · debian · bookworm; dsa · lua-expat · debian · 12
1.5.1-3· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.3.0-1dsa · lua-expat · debian · bookworm; dsa · lua-expat · debian · 12
- [prosody]Unknown
Details (6)
0.12.3-1+deb12u1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
0.9.4-1dsa · prosody · debian · bookworm; dsa · prosody · debian · 12
0.12.3-1+deb12u1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
0.9.4-1dsa · prosody · debian · bookworm; dsa · prosody · debian · 12
13.0.1-1~bpo12+1· amd64 · bookworm-backportsFixed · Fixed:
0.9.4-1dsa · prosody · debian · bookworm; dsa · prosody · debian · 12
13.0.1-1~bpo12+1· arm64 · bookworm-backportsFixed · Fixed:
0.9.4-1dsa · prosody · debian · bookworm; dsa · prosody · debian · 12
0.12.3-1+deb12u1· amd64 · bookworm-securityFixed · Fixed:
0.9.4-1dsa · prosody · debian · bookworm; dsa · prosody · debian · 12
0.12.3-1+deb12u1· arm64 · bookworm-securityFixed · Fixed:
0.9.4-1dsa · prosody · debian · bookworm; dsa · prosody · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [lua-expat]Unknown
Source package: [lua-expat]
Details (2)
1.5.2-1+b1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.3.0-1dsa · lua-expat · debian · 13
1.5.2-1+b1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.3.0-1dsa · lua-expat · debian · 13
- [lua-expat-dev]Unknown
Source package: [lua-expat]
Details (2)
1.5.2-1+b1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.3.0-1dsa · lua-expat · debian · 13
1.5.2-1+b1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.3.0-1dsa · lua-expat · debian · 13
- [prosody]Unknown
Details (6)
13.0.1-1+deb131u· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
0.9.4-1dsa · prosody · debian · 13
13.0.1-1+deb131u· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
0.9.4-1dsa · prosody · debian · 13
13.0.6-1~bpo13+1· amd64 · trixie-backportsFixed · Fixed:
0.9.4-1dsa · prosody · debian · 13
13.0.6-1~bpo13+1· arm64 · trixie-backportsFixed · Fixed:
0.9.4-1dsa · prosody · debian · 13
13.0.1-1+deb131u· amd64 · trixie-securityFixed · Fixed:
0.9.4-1dsa · prosody · debian · 13
13.0.1-1+deb131u· arm64 · trixie-securityFixed · Fixed:
0.9.4-1dsa · prosody · debian · 13
Observed: