PT-2018-4703 · Eclipse · Mqtt

Peter Sorowka + 1 · Published 2018-05-31 · Updated 2019-10-09 · CVE-2016-10523

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 MQTT versions prior to 3.4.6 MQTT versions 4.0.x prior to 4.0.5

Description The issue allows specifically crafted MQTT packets to crash the application, making a denial of service attack feasible with very little bandwidth. This is achieved through specific sequences of MQTT packets.

Recommendations Update to version 3.4.6 or later for version 3.x. Update to version 4.0.5 or later for version 4.x.

Exploit

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Resource Exhaustion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

CWE-400

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-10523

GHSA-G3R2-65GC-QPQC

Affected Products

Mqtt

References · 8

• 🔥 https://github.com/mcollina/mosca/issues/393 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/mqttjs/mqtt-packet/pull/8 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10523 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-g3r2-65gc-qpqc · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-10523 · Vendor Advisory
• https://npmjs.com/advisories/75 · Note
• https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/75 · Note
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g3r2-65gc-qpqc · Note