vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-4137-1 (CVE-2019-11779): Mosquitto vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Sep 19, 2019 | Sep 24, 2019 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Sep 19, 2019
Added
Sep 24, 2019
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
Description
In Eclipse Mosquitto 1.5.0 to 1.6.5 inclusive, if a malicious MQTT client sends a SUBSCRIBE packet containing a topic that consists of approximately 65400 or more '/' characters, i.e. the topic hierarchy separator, then a stack overflow will occur.
Solutions
ubuntu-upgrade-libmosquitto1ubuntu-upgrade-libmosquittopp1ubuntu-upgrade-mosquittoubuntu-upgrade-mosquitto-clients
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