ALPINE-CVE-2018-12551

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    ALPINE-CVE-2018-12551

    Published: 27 Mar 2019Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-12551

    Summary:

    Details: When Eclipse Mosquitto version 1.0 to 1.5.5 (inclusive) is configured to use a password file for authentication, any malformed data in the password file will be treated as valid. This typically means that the malformed data becomes a username and no password. If this occurs, clients can circumvent authentication and get access to the broker by using the malformed username. In particular, a blank line will be treated as a valid empty username. Other security measures are unaffected. Users who have only used the mosquitto_passwd utility to create and modify their password files are unaffected by this vulnerability.

    References: https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2018-12551

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: mosquitto

    Purl: pkg:apk/alpine/mosquitto?arch=source

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 1.0
    Fixed -1.5.6-r0

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High