Description
When Eclipse Mosquitto version 1.0 to 1.5.5 (inclusive) is configured to use a password file for authentication, any malformed data in the password file will be treated as valid. This typically means that the malformed data becomes a username and no password. If this occurs, clients can circumvent authentication and get access to the broker by using the malformed username. In particular, a blank line will be treated as a valid empty username. Other security measures are unaffected. Users who have only used the mosquitto_passwd utility to create and modify their password files are unaffected by this vulnerability.
Published: 2019-03-27
Score: 8.1 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1972-1 mosquitto security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4388-1 mosquitto security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-4511 When Eclipse Mosquitto version 1.0 to 1.5.5 (inclusive) is configured to use a password file for authentication, any malformed data in the password file will be treated as valid. This typically means that the malformed data becomes a username and no password. If this occurs, clients can circumvent authentication and get access to the broker by using the malformed username. In particular, a blank line will be treated as a valid empty username. Other security measures are unaffected. Users who have only used the mosquitto_passwd utility to create and modify their password files are unaffected by this vulnerability.
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Eclipse Mosquitto
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: eclipse

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T08:38:06.296Z

Reserved: 2018-06-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-12551

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Status : Modified

Published: 2019-03-27T18:29:00.367

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:45:25.547

Link: CVE-2018-12551

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