From: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>
To: buildroot@busybox.net
Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH] package/mosquitto: security bump to version 1.6.6
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2019 17:51:48 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190918175148.30d1c5e2@windsurf> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190918143840.19328-1-peter@korsgaard.com>
On Wed, 18 Sep 2019 16:38:39 +0200
Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com> wrote:
> Fixes a security issue. From the annoncement:
>
> A vulnerability exists in Mosquitto versions 1.5 to 1.6.5 inclusive.
>
> If a client sends a SUBSCRIBE packet containing a topic that consists of
> approximately 65400 or more '/' characters, i.e. the topic hierarchy
> separator, then a stack overflow will occur.
>
> The issue is fixed in Mosquitto 1.6.6 and 1.5.9. Patches for older versions
> are available at https://mosquitto.org/files/cve/2019-hier
>
> The fix addresses the problem by restricting the allowed number of topic
> hierarchy levels to 200. An alternative fix is to increase the size of the
> stack by a small amount.
>
> https://mosquitto.org/blog/2019/09/version-1-6-6-released/
>
> Also notice that 1.6.5 silently fixed a security issue:
>
> CVE-2019-11778
>
> A vulnerability exists in Mosquitto version 1.6 to 1.6.4 inclusive, known as CVE-2019-11778
>
> If an MQTT v5 client connects to Mosquitto, sets a last will and testament,
> sets a will delay interval, sets a session expiry interval, and the will
> delay interval is set longer than the session expiry interval, then a use
> after free error occurs, which has the potential to cause a crash in some
> situations.
>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
> ---
> package/mosquitto/mosquitto.hash | 2 +-
> package/mosquitto/mosquitto.mk | 2 +-
> 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
Applied to master, thanks.
Thomas
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-09-18 15:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-09-18 14:38 [Buildroot] [PATCH] package/mosquitto: security bump to version 1.6.6 Peter Korsgaard
2019-09-18 15:02 ` Titouan Christophe
2019-09-18 15:42 ` Peter Korsgaard
2019-09-18 15:51 ` Thomas Petazzoni [this message]
2019-09-26 9:29 ` Peter Korsgaard
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