Information Exposure Affecting mosquitto package, versions <0.15-2ubuntu1.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-MOSQUITTO-284196
  • 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 Ubuntu:14.04 mosquitto to version 0.15-2ubuntu1.2 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 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.