CVE-2017-7654

Description

In Eclipse Mosquitto 1.4.15 and earlier, a Memory Leak vulnerability was found within the Mosquitto Broker. Unauthenticated clients can send crafted CONNECT packets which could cause a denial of service in the Mosquitto Broker.

Categories

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.29% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com
Affected: The Eclipse Foundation Eclipse Mosquitto
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=533493 issue tracking third party advisory patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00036.html third party advisory mailing list
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4325 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4023-1/ vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-7654?
CVE-2017-7654 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2017-7654?
To fix CVE-2017-7654, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2017-7654 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2017-7654 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2017-7654?
CVE-2017-7654 affects The Eclipse Foundation Eclipse Mosquitto.
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