Memory leak in Eclipse Mosquitto - CVE-2023-3592

 

Memory leak in Eclipse Mosquitto - CVE-2023-3592

Published: August 24, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU79938
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-3592
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Eclipse
Affected software:
Eclipse Mosquitto

Detailed vulnerability description

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.


How to mitigate CVE-2023-3592

Install updates from vendor's website.

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