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Debian Security Advisory DSA 4325-1 (mosquitto - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Debian Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
6.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
5 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
It was discovered that mosquitto, an MQTT broker, was vulnerable to remote denial-of-service attacks that could be mounted using various vectors.
Affected Software
Affected Software
mosquitto on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 1.4.10-3+deb9u2. We recommend that you upgrade your mosquitto packages. For the detailed security status of mosquitto please refer to its security tracker page linked in the references.