Improper Input Validation Affecting mosquitto package, versions <1.5.3-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
5.11% (93rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE311-MOSQUITTO-546185
  • published15 Nov 2018
  • disclosed15 Nov 2018

Introduced: 15 Nov 2018

CVE-2018-12543  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-617  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.11 mosquitto to version 1.5.3-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mosquitto package and not the mosquitto package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.11 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Eclipse Mosquitto versions 1.5 to 1.5.2 inclusive, if a message is published to Mosquitto that has a topic starting with $, but that is not $SYS, e.g. $test/test, then an assert is triggered that should otherwise not be reachable and Mosquitto will exit.