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Fedora 28 : mosquitto (2018-9a6af7815a)

high Nessus Plugin ID 120649

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Release 1.5.3

Security :

 - Fix CVE-2018-12543. If a message is sent to Mosquitto with a topic that begins with $, but is not $SYS, then an assert that should be unreachable is triggered and Mosquitto will exit.

Broker :

 - Elevate log level to warning for situation when socket limit is hit.

 - Remove requirement to use `user root` in snap package config files.

 - Fix retained messages not sent by bridges on outgoing topics at the first connection.

 - Documentation fixes.

 - Fix duplicate clients being added to by_id hash before the old client was removed.

 - Fix Windows version not starting if include_dir did not contain any files.

Build :

 - Various fixes to ease building.

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Solution

Update the affected mosquitto package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-9a6af7815a

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 120649

File Name: fedora_2018-9a6af7815a.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/3/2019

Updated: 7/2/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-12543

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:28, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:mosquitto

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/22/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/15/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-12543