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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS : Eclipse Mosquitto vulnerabilities (USN-7441-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 234681

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7441-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that Eclipse Mosquitto client incorrectly handled memory when receiving a SUBACK packet.
 An attacker with a malicious broker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-10525)

 Xiangpu Song discovered that Eclipse Mosquitto broker did not properly manage memory under certain circumstances. A malicious client with a remote connection could possibly use this issue to cause the broker to crash resulting in a denial of service, or another unspecified impact. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-3935)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7441-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 234681

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7441-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/21/2025

Updated: 4/21/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-10525

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Threat Score: 5.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmosquittopp-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmosquitto0-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmosquitto0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmosquitto1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmosquitto-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmosquittopp1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmosquittopp0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mosquitto-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmosquittopp0-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mosquitto-clients, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-mosquitto, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mosquitto

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/16/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/30/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-10525, CVE-2024-3935

USN: 7441-1