SB2023100231 - Debian update for mosquitto



SB2023100231 - Debian update for mosquitto

Published: October 2, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2023100231
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 5
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 5 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Improper Authorization (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-34434)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass authorization checks.

The vulnerability exists due to a subscriptions revoke flaw when using the dynamic security plugin. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request and obtain subscriptions information.


2) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-41039)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can send specially crafted CONNECT packets containing lots of "user properties" and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


3) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-0809)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A remote attacker can send malicious initial packets that are not CONNECT packets, trigger memory exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


4) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-28366)

The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform DoS attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due memory leak in broker. A remote client can send multiple QoS 2 messages with the same message ID, but then never respond to the PUBREC commands, which results in memory leak and denial of service condition.


5) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-3592)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due memory leak when processing v5 CONNECT packets. A remote attacker can force the application to leak memory by sending messages with invalid property types.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.