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TITLE:
ejabberd Message Queue Denial of Service

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA38337

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/38337/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in ejabberd, which can be exploited
by malicious users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the handling of "c2s"
messages, which can be exploited to cause a crash by flooding an
affected server with "c2s" messages.

The vulnerability is reported in version 2.1.2. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Fixed in the SVN repository.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by Evgeniy Khramtsov in a ejabberd bug.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://support.process-one.net/browse/EJAB-1173

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