CVE-2023-28366

NameCVE-2023-28366
DescriptionThe broker in Eclipse Mosquitto 1.3.2 through 2.x before 2.0.16 has a memory leak that can be abused remotely when a client sends many QoS 2 messages with duplicate message IDs, and fails to respond to PUBREC commands. This occurs because of mishandling of EAGAIN from the libc send function.
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
mosquitto (PTS)buster, buster (security)1.5.7-1+deb10u1vulnerable
bullseye2.0.11-1vulnerable
bookworm2.0.11-1.2vulnerable
sid, trixie2.0.18-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
mosquittosource(unstable)2.0.17-1

Notes

https://mosquitto.org/blog/2023/08/version-2-0-16-released/
https://github.com/eclipse/mosquitto/commit/6113eac95a9df634fbc858be542c4a0456bfe7b9 (v2.0.16)

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