openEuler update for mosquitto



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2021-41039
CWE-ID CWE-20
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 openEuler
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

mosquitto-debuginfo
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

mosquitto-devel
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

mosquitto-debugsource
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

mosquitto
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor openEuler

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU58484

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [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-2021-41039

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

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.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

openEuler: 20.03 LTS SP1 - 20.03 LTS SP3

mosquitto-debuginfo: before 1.6.15-5

mosquitto-devel: before 1.6.15-5

mosquitto-debugsource: before 1.6.15-5

mosquitto: before 1.6.15-5

CPE2.3 External links

https://www.openeuler.org/en/security/security-bulletins/detail/?id=openEuler-SA-2022-1498


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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