CVE-2018-12546
published 2019-03-27CVE-2018-12546: In Eclipse Mosquitto version 1.0 to 1.5.5 (inclusive) when a client publishes a retained message to a topic, then has its access to that topic revoked, the…
PriorityP431medium6.5CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRLUINSUCNIHAN
EPSS
0.82%
52.5th percentile
In Eclipse Mosquitto version 1.0 to 1.5.5 (inclusive) when a client publishes a retained message to a topic, then has its access to that topic revoked, the retained message will still be published to clients that subscribe to that topic in the future. In some applications this may result in clients being able cause effects that would otherwise not be allowed.
Affected
8 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | mosquitto | < mosquitto 1.5.6-1 (bookworm) | mosquitto 1.5.6-1 (bookworm) |
| eclipse | mosquitto | >= 0 < 1.5.6-1 | 1.5.6-1 |
| eclipse | mosquitto | >= 0 < 1.5.6-1 | 1.5.6-1 |
| eclipse | mosquitto | >= 0 < 1.5.6-1 | 1.5.6-1 |
| eclipse | mosquitto | >= 0 < 1.5.6-1 | 1.5.6-1 |
| eclipse | mosquitto | 1.0 – 1.5.5 | — |
| the_eclipse_foundation | eclipse_mosquitto | >= 1.0 < unspecified | unspecified |
| the_eclipse_foundation | eclipse_mosquitto | unspecified – 1.5.5 | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.16.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
nvdv2.04.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
osv6.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian6.5MEDIUM
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Debian
CVE-2018-12546: mosquitto - In Eclipse Mosquitto version 1.0 to 1.5.5 (inclusive) when a client publishes a ...
vendor_debian·2018·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2018-12546 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-12546: mosquitto - In Eclipse Mosquitto version 1.0 to 1.5.5 (inclusive) when a client publishes a ...
In Eclipse Mosquitto version 1.0 to 1.5.5 (inclusive) when a client publishes a retained message to a topic, then has its access to that topic revoked, the retained message will still be published to clients that subscribe to that topic in the future. In some applications this may result in clients being able cause effects that would otherwise not be allowed.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 1.5.6-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 1.5.6-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 1.5.6-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 1.5.6-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 1.5.6-1)
GHSA
GHSA-mx88-h56f-w25v: In Eclipse Mosquitto version 1
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-13
CVE-2018-12546 [MEDIUM] CWE-732 GHSA-mx88-h56f-w25v: In Eclipse Mosquitto version 1
In Eclipse Mosquitto version 1.0 to 1.5.5 (inclusive) when a client publishes a retained message to a topic, then has its access to that topic revoked, the retained message will still be published to clients that subscribe to that topic in the future. In some applications this may result in clients being able cause effects that would otherwise not be allowed.
OSV
CVE-2018-12546: In Eclipse Mosquitto version 1
osv·2019-03-27·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2018-12546 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-12546: In Eclipse Mosquitto version 1
In Eclipse Mosquitto version 1.0 to 1.5.5 (inclusive) when a client publishes a retained message to a topic, then has its access to that topic revoked, the retained message will still be published to clients that subscribe to that topic in the future. In some applications this may result in clients being able cause effects that would otherwise not be allowed.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-12546 mosquitto: message privilege escalation [fedora-29]
bugzilla·2019-03-29·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2018-12546 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-12546 mosquitto: message privilege escalation [fedora-29]
CVE-2018-12546 mosquitto: message privilege escalation [fedora-29]
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-29.
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 following template to for the 'fedpkg updat
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-12546 mosquitto: message privilege escalation [epel-7]
bugzilla·2019-03-29·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2018-12546 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-12546 mosquitto: message privilege escalation [epel-7]
CVE-2018-12546 mosquitto: message privilege escalation [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 following template to for the 'fedpkg update' req
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-12546 mosquitto: message privilege escalation
bugzilla·2019-03-29·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2018-12546 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-12546 mosquitto: message privilege escalation
CVE-2018-12546 mosquitto: message privilege escalation
In Eclipse Mosquitto version 1.0 to 1.5.5 (inclusive) when a client publishes a retained message to a topic, then has its access to that topic revoked, the retained message will still be published to clients that subscribe to that topic in the future. In some applications this may result in clients being able cause effects that would otherwise not be allowed.
Reference:
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=543127
Discussion:
Created mosquitto tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-29 [bug 1694022]
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Created mosquitto tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: epel-7 [bug 1694023]
2019-03-27
Published