CVE-2017-9868
published 2017-06-25CVE-2017-9868: 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.
PriorityP420medium5.5CVSS 3.0
AVLACLPRLUINSUCHINAN
EPSS
0.36%
28.0th percentile
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.
Affected
7 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | mosquitto | < mosquitto 1.4.14-1 (bookworm) | mosquitto 1.4.14-1 (bookworm) |
| eclipse | mosquitto | <= 1.4.12 | — |
| eclipse | mosquitto | >= 0 < 1.4.14-1 | 1.4.14-1 |
| eclipse | mosquitto | >= 0 < 1.4.14-1 | 1.4.14-1 |
| eclipse | mosquitto | >= 0 < 1.4.14-1 | 1.4.14-1 |
| eclipse | mosquitto | >= 0 < 1.4.14-1 | 1.4.14-1 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.05.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
nvdv2.02.1LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
osv5.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM
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Debian
CVE-2017-9868: mosquitto - In Mosquitto through 1.4.12, mosquitto.db (aka the persistence file) is world re...
vendor_debian·2017·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2017-9868 [MEDIUM] CVE-2017-9868: mosquitto - In Mosquitto through 1.4.12, mosquitto.db (aka the persistence file) is world re...
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.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 1.4.14-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 1.4.14-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 1.4.14-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 1.4.14-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 1.4.14-1)
GHSA
GHSA-m438-p9g2-x57w: In Mosquitto through 1
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-14
CVE-2017-9868 [MEDIUM] CWE-200 GHSA-m438-p9g2-x57w: In Mosquitto through 1
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.
OSV
CVE-2017-9868: In Mosquitto through 1
osv·2017-06-25·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2017-9868 [MEDIUM] CVE-2017-9868: In Mosquitto through 1
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.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-9868 mosquitto: World-readable persistence file possibly leaking sensitive information [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2017-06-26·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2017-9868 [MEDIUM] CVE-2017-9868 mosquitto: World-readable persistence file possibly leaking sensitive information [fedora-all]
CVE-2017-9868 mosquitto: World-readable persistence file possibly leaking sensitive information [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of fedora-all.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue affe
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-9868 mosquitto: World-readable persistence file possibly leaking sensitive information
bugzilla·2017-06-26·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2017-9868 [MEDIUM] CVE-2017-9868 mosquitto: World-readable persistence file possibly leaking sensitive information
CVE-2017-9868 mosquitto: World-readable persistence file possibly leaking sensitive information
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.
Upstream bug:
https://github.com/eclipse/mosquitto/issues/468
Discussion:
Created mosquitto tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: epel-7 [bug 1464947]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1464948]
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-9868 mosquitto: World-readable persistence file possibly leaking sensitive information [epel-7]
bugzilla·2017-06-26·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2017-9868 [MEDIUM] CVE-2017-9868 mosquitto: World-readable persistence file possibly leaking sensitive information [epel-7]
CVE-2017-9868 mosquitto: World-readable persistence file possibly leaking sensitive information [epel-7]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of epel-7.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
Discussion:
Use the followin
2017-06-25
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