SB2021082536 - Fedora EPEL 8 update for mosquitto
Published: August 25, 2021
Security Bulletin ID
SB2021082536
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-28166)
The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in Eclipse Mosquitto when processing CONNACK messages. A remote authenticated user connected with MQTT v5 can send a specially crafted CONNACK message to the broker, trigger a NULL pointer dereference error and crash the service.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.