Improper Field Separation in generate_dialback Function in Prosody Allows for XMPP Network Domain Spoofing

CVE-2016-0756 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

The generate_dialback function in the mod_dialback module in Prosody before 0.9.10 does not properly separate fields when generating dialback keys, which allows remote attackers to spoof XMPP network domains via a crafted stream id and domain name that is included in the target domain as a suffix.

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