CVE-2017-7651

In Eclipse Mosquitto 1.4.14, a user can shutdown the Mosquitto server simply by filling the RAM memory with a lot of connections with large payload. This can be done without authentications if occur in connection phase of MQTT protocol.

CVSS v3.0 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

7.5^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=529754	Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00037.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://mosquitto.org/blog/2018/02/security-advisory-cve-2017-7651-cve-2017-7652/	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00016.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4325	Third Party Advisory

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:mosquitto:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::*

Information

Published : 2018-04-24 07:29

Updated : 2019-10-09 16:29

NVD link : CVE-2017-7651

Mitre link : CVE-2017-7651

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

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Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

eclipse

mosquitto

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