When Eclipse Mosquitto version 1.0 to 1.5.5 (inclusive) is configured to use a password file for authentication, any malformed data in the password file will be treated as valid. This typically means that the malformed data becomes a username and no password. If this occurs, clients can circumvent authentication and get access to the broker by using the malformed username. In particular, a blank line will be treated as a valid empty username. Other security measures are unaffected. Users who have only used the mosquitto_passwd utility to create and modify their password files are unaffected by this vulnerability.
References
Link | Resource |
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https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=543401 | Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory |
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00035.html |
Configurations
Information
Published : 2019-03-27 11:29
Updated : 2019-10-09 16:34
NVD link : CVE-2018-12551
Mitre link : CVE-2018-12551
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CWE
CWE-287
Improper Authentication
Products Affected
eclipse
- mosquitto