🛡️ CVE-2011-4320 — ejabberd
Description
Ejabberd DoS via malformed stanza
The mod_pubsub module (mod_pubsub.erl) in ejabberd 2.1.8 and 3.0.0-alpha-3 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a stanza with a publish tag that lacks a node attribute.
Weakness class
CVE-2011-4320 is classified as CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. A request can consume memory, CPU or storage without limit, exhausting capacity for everyone else.
Affected software
CVE-2011-4320 is recorded against 1 package.
- ejabberd
Timeline and source
Published on 17 May 2022 and last revised on 10 December 2025. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.
References
nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Package)
support.process-one.net (Web)
www.openwall.com (Web)
www.openwall.com (Web)
www.process-one.net (Web)
Details
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| ejabberd | — | — |
References
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