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Asymmetric denial of service In prosody

Description

The json.decode function in util/json.lua in Prosody 0.8.x before 0.8.1 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via invalid JSON data, as demonstrated by truncated data.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

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