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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2021-41039): Mosquitto vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2021-41039): Mosquitto vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
12/01/2021
Created
11/23/2023
Added
11/22/2023
Modified
11/22/2023

Description

In versions 1.6 to 2.0.11 of Eclipse Mosquitto, an MQTT v5 client connecting with a large number of user-property properties could cause excessive CPU usage, leading to a loss of performance and possible denial of service.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-mosquitto

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