#VU99568 Memory leak in Eclipse Mosquitto - CVE-2024-8376
Published: October 31, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU99568
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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-2024-8376
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Eclipse Mosquitto
Eclipse Mosquitto
Software vendor:
Eclipse
Eclipse
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due memory leak. A remote attacker can send a specific sequences of "CONNECT", "DISCONNECT", "SUBSCRIBE", "UNSUBSCRIBE" and "PUBLISH" packets to force the application to leak memory and perform denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.
External links
- https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/vulnerability-reports/-/issues/216
- https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/vulnerability-reports/-/issues/217
- https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/vulnerability-reports/-/issues/218
- https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/vulnerability-reports/-/issues/227
- https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/cve-assignement/-/issues/26
- https://github.com/eclipse/mosquitto/releases/tag/v2.0.19
- https://github.com/eclipse-mosquitto/mosquitto/commit/1914b3ee2a18102d0a94cbdbbfeae1afa03edd17