Information Exposure Affecting mosquitto package, versions <1.4.14-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-MOSQUITTO-5689417
  • published25 Jun 2017
  • disclosed25 Jun 2017

Introduced: 25 Jun 2017

CVE-2017-9868  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 mosquitto to version 1.4.14-1 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 Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Mosquitto through 1.4.12, mosquitto.db (aka the persistence file) is world readable, which allows local users to obtain sensitive MQTT topic information.