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CVE-2010-0305 (GCVE-0-2010-0305)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2010-02-03 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 00:45
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Summary
ejabberd_c2s.erl in ejabberd before 2.1.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a large number of c2s (aka client2server) messages that trigger a queue overload.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://secunia.com/advisories/38337 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/29/5 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.osvdb.org/62066 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0894 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2033 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://support.process-one.net/browse/EJAB-1173 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38003 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://secunia.com/advisories/39423 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2010-01-29 00:00
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