Debian DLA-2582-1 : mqtt-client security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 147179

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

A vulnerability was discovered in mqtt-client wher unmarshalling corrupt MQTT frame can lead to broker Out of Memory exception making it unresponsive.

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 1.14-1+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your mqtt-client packages.

For the detailed security status of mqtt-client please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/mqtt-client

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected libmqtt-client-java package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 147179

File Name: debian_DLA-2582.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 3/8/2021

Updated: 1/12/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, 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-2019-0222

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:debian:debian_linux:9.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libmqtt-client-java

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/5/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/28/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-0222

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