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CVE-2017-9868

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Date: June 25, 2017

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

4.3

Related Resources (6)

Url: https://github.com/eclipse/mosquitto/issues/468

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00036.html

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-9868

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-9868

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9868

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-9868

Severity Score

4.3

Weakness Type (CWE)

Information Leak / Disclosure

CWE-200

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version v1.4.13

CVSS v3

Base Score:	4.3
Attack Vector (AV):
Attack Complexity (AC):
Privileges Required (PR):
User Interaction (UI):
Scope (S):
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL

CVSS v2

Base Score:	8.8
Access Vector (AV):
Access Complexity (AC):
Authentication (AU):
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH
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