Alpine: multiple mosquitto packages: security update to 1.4.12-r0 (deprecated)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 400874

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- In Mosquitto through 1.4.12, mosquitto.db (aka the persistence file) is world readable, which allows local
users to obtain sensitive MQTT topic information. (CVE-2017-9868)

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 400874

Version: Revision 1.23

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/16/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-9868

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/30/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/25/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-9868

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