Debian DSA-4325-1 : mosquitto - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 118408

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that mosquitto, an MQTT broker, was vulnerable to remote denial-of-service attacks that could be mounted using various vectors.

Solution

Upgrade the mosquitto packages.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 1.4.10-3+deb9u2.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 118408

File Name: debian_DSA-4325.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 10/26/2018

Updated: 2/4/2022

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-7652

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/25/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/24/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-7651, CVE-2017-7652, CVE-2017-7653, CVE-2017-7654

DSA: 4325

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