Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 3 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2023-28366 CVE-2023-0809 CVE-2023-3592 |
CWE-ID | CWE-401 CWE-400 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
Eclipse Mosquitto Server applications / Other server solutions |
Vendor | Eclipse |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains information about 3 vulnerabilities.
EUVDB-ID: #VU79936
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-28366
CWE-ID:
CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe 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.
MitigationInstall updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsEclipse Mosquitto: 2.0.0 - 2.0.15
External linkshttp://mosquitto.org/blog/2023/08/version-2-0-16-released/
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU79937
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-0809
CWE-ID:
CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe 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.
MitigationInstall updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsEclipse Mosquitto: 2.0.0 - 2.0.15
External linkshttp://mosquitto.org/blog/2023/08/version-2-0-16-released/
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.
EUVDB-ID: #VU79938
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-3592
CWE-ID:
CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe 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.
MitigationInstall updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsEclipse Mosquitto: 2.0.0 - 2.0.15
External linkshttp://mosquitto.org/blog/2023/08/version-2-0-16-released/
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.