CVE-2013-6169

The TLS driver in ejabberd before 2.1.12 supports (1) SSLv2 and (2) weak SSL ciphers, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a brute-force attack.

Published: 2013-10-17 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-6169 is rated Low Risk (38.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.44%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-6169

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 0.49% 0.44% -0.04%
2 2025-03-29 0.44% 0.49% +0.04%
3 2025-03-17 0.44%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-6169

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-6169

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-6169

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2013-6169 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (ejabberd), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-6169
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-6169 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (ejabberd), 6 status rows across 6 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, upstream): released 5, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-6169

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-6169

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
process-one ejabberd <= 2.1.12 cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
process-one ejabberd 0.9 cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
process-one ejabberd 0.9.1 cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
process-one ejabberd 0.9.8 cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:0.9.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
process-one ejabberd 1.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
process-one ejabberd 1.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
process-one ejabberd 1.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
process-one ejabberd 1.1.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:1.1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
process-one ejabberd 1.1.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:1.1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
process-one ejabberd 1.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
process-one ejabberd 1.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
process-one ejabberd 1.1.14 cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:1.1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
process-one ejabberd 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
process-one ejabberd 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:2.0.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
process-one ejabberd 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:2.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
process-one ejabberd 2.0.1_2 cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:2.0.1_2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
process-one ejabberd 2.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
process-one ejabberd 2.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
process-one ejabberd 2.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
process-one ejabberd 2.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
process-one ejabberd 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
process-one ejabberd 2.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
process-one ejabberd 2.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
process-one ejabberd 2.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
process-one ejabberd 2.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:2.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
process-one ejabberd 2.1.5 cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:2.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
process-one ejabberd 2.1.6 cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:2.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
process-one ejabberd 2.1.7 cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:2.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
process-one ejabberd 2.1.8 cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:2.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
process-one ejabberd 2.1.9 cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:2.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
process-one ejabberd 2.1.10 cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:2.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
process-one ejabberd 2.1.11 cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:2.1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-6169

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