UBUNTU-CVE-2021-41039

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2021-41039

    Published: 1 Dec 2021Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2021-41039
    Aliases:
    USN-6492-1

    Summary:

    Details: In versions 1.6 to 2.0.11 of Eclipse Mosquitto, an MQTT v5 client connecting with a large number of user-property properties could cause excessive CPU usage, leading to a loss of performance and possible denial of service.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-41039, https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=575314, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6492-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-41039

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: mosquitto

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/focal

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.6.9-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

    Affected versions

    1.6.6-1
    1.6.7-1
    1.6.8-1
    1.6.8-2
    1.6.9-1~build1
    1.6.9-1

    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
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