Input validation error in Eclipse Mosquitto - CVE-2017-7653
Published: October 6, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU81667
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7653
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of not valid UTF-8 string. A remote user can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
Eclipse Mosquitto
Fedora
Ubuntu
Junos OS
Junos OS Evolved
mosquitto (Ubuntu package)
mosquitto-clients (Ubuntu package)
libmosquitto1 (Ubuntu package)
libmosquittopp1 (Ubuntu package)
mosquitto
Fedora
Ubuntu
Junos OS
Junos OS Evolved
mosquitto (Ubuntu package)
mosquitto-clients (Ubuntu package)
libmosquitto1 (Ubuntu package)
libmosquittopp1 (Ubuntu package)
mosquitto
How to mitigate CVE-2017-7653
Install updates from vendor's website.
Eclipse Mosquitto - update to 1.5
Junos OS - addressed in versions 19.1R3-S10, 19.2R3-S7, 19.3R3-S8, 19.4R3-S11, 20.2R3-S7, 20.3R3-S6, 20.4R3-S7, 21.1R3-S4, 21.2R3-S5, 21.3R3-S4, 21.4R3-S4, 22.1R3, 22.2R3, 22.3R2, 22.4R1
Junos OS Evolved - addressed in versions 20.4R3-S7-EVO, 21.4R3-S4-EVO, 22.1R3-EVO, 22.2R3-EVO, 22.3R2-EVO, 22.4R1-EVO
mosquitto (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1.4.8-1ubuntu0.16.04.7, 1.4.15-2ubuntu0.18.04.3, 1.4.15-2ubuntu0.18.10.3
mosquitto-clients (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1.4.8-1ubuntu0.16.04.7, 1.4.15-2ubuntu0.18.04.3, 1.4.15-2ubuntu0.18.10.3
libmosquitto1 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1.4.8-1ubuntu0.16.04.7, 1.4.15-2ubuntu0.18.04.3, 1.4.15-2ubuntu0.18.10.3
libmosquittopp1 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1.4.8-1ubuntu0.16.04.7, 1.4.15-2ubuntu0.18.04.3, 1.4.15-2ubuntu0.18.10.3
mosquitto - update to 1.5.3-1.el7
Junos OS - addressed in versions 19.1R3-S10, 19.2R3-S7, 19.3R3-S8, 19.4R3-S11, 20.2R3-S7, 20.3R3-S6, 20.4R3-S7, 21.1R3-S4, 21.2R3-S5, 21.3R3-S4, 21.4R3-S4, 22.1R3, 22.2R3, 22.3R2, 22.4R1
Junos OS Evolved - addressed in versions 20.4R3-S7-EVO, 21.4R3-S4-EVO, 22.1R3-EVO, 22.2R3-EVO, 22.3R2-EVO, 22.4R1-EVO
mosquitto (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1.4.8-1ubuntu0.16.04.7, 1.4.15-2ubuntu0.18.04.3, 1.4.15-2ubuntu0.18.10.3
mosquitto-clients (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1.4.8-1ubuntu0.16.04.7, 1.4.15-2ubuntu0.18.04.3, 1.4.15-2ubuntu0.18.10.3
libmosquitto1 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1.4.8-1ubuntu0.16.04.7, 1.4.15-2ubuntu0.18.04.3, 1.4.15-2ubuntu0.18.10.3
libmosquittopp1 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1.4.8-1ubuntu0.16.04.7, 1.4.15-2ubuntu0.18.04.3, 1.4.15-2ubuntu0.18.10.3
mosquitto - update to 1.5.3-1.el7