Debian DSA-4388-1 : mosquitto - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 122069

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Three vulnerabilities were discovered in the Mosquitto MQTT broker, which could result in authentication bypass. Please refer to https://mosquitto.org/blog/2019/02/version-1-5-6-released/ for additional information.

Solution

Upgrade the mosquitto packages.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 1.4.10-3+deb9u3.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 122069

File Name: debian_DSA-4388.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 2/11/2019

Updated: 6/21/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-12551

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mosquitto, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/10/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/27/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-12546, CVE-2018-12550, CVE-2018-12551

DSA: 4388

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