PT-2018-11246 · Eclipse+1 · Eclipse Mosquitto+1

Roger Light · Published 2018-09-27 · Updated 2019-10-09 · CVE-2018-12543

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Eclipse Mosquitto versions 1.5 through 1.5.2

Description The issue occurs when a message is published to Mosquitto with a topic starting with $, but not $SYS, causing an assert to be triggered and Mosquitto to exit.

Recommendations For Eclipse Mosquitto versions 1.5 through 1.5.2, avoid publishing messages with topics starting with $, except for $SYS topics, until a fix is available.

Fix

Assertion Failure

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-617

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-2394

CVE-2018-12543

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11057-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Eclipse Mosquitto

References · 5

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2018-12543 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-12543 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12543 · Security Note
• https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=539295 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2018-12543 · Note