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Improper Authentication Affecting mosquitto package, versions <1.5.6-1

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.29% (69th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-MOSQUITTO-5689509
  • published9 Feb 2019
  • disclosed27 Mar 2019
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Introduced: 9 Feb 2019

CVE-2018-12551  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 mosquitto to version 1.5.6-1 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.

When Eclipse Mosquitto version 1.0 to 1.5.5 (inclusive) is configured to use a password file for authentication, any malformed data in the password file will be treated as valid. This typically means that the malformed data becomes a username and no password. If this occurs, clients can circumvent authentication and get access to the broker by using the malformed username. In particular, a blank line will be treated as a valid empty username. Other security measures are unaffected. Users who have only used the mosquitto_passwd utility to create and modify their password files are unaffected by this vulnerability.