| Name | CVE-2017-9868 | 
| Description | 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. | 
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) | 
| References | DLA-1146-1, DLA-1525-1 | 
| Debian Bugs | 865959 | 
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status | 
|---|---|---|---|
| mosquitto (PTS) | bullseye | 2.0.11-1+deb11u1 | fixed | 
| bullseye (security) | 2.0.11-1+deb11u2 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 2.0.11-1.2+deb12u2 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security) | 2.0.11-1.2+deb12u1 | fixed | |
| trixie | 2.0.21-1 | fixed | |
| forky, sid | 2.0.22-3 | fixed | 
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mosquitto | source | wheezy | 0.15-2+deb7u2 | DLA-1146-1 | ||
| mosquitto | source | jessie | 1.3.4-2+deb8u3 | DLA-1525-1 | ||
| mosquitto | source | stretch | 1.4.10-3+deb9u1 | |||
| mosquitto | source | (unstable) | 1.4.14-1 | 865959 | 
https://github.com/eclipse/mosquitto/issues/468
https://github.com/eclipse/mosquitto/commit/09cb1b61c8f48284d9c42bd911faa7525cc689c7