First published: Tue Jul 27 2021(Updated: )
In Eclipse Mosquitto versions 2.07 and earlier, the server will crash if the client tries to send a PUBLISH packet with topic length = 0.
Credit: emo@eclipse.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Eclipse Mosquitto | <=2.0.7 |
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CVE-2021-34432 is a vulnerability in Eclipse Mosquitto versions 2.07 and earlier that can cause the server to crash if the client sends a PUBLISH packet with topic length = 0.
If you are using an affected version of Eclipse Mosquitto, an attacker can crash your server by sending a PUBLISH packet with a topic length of 0.
CVE-2021-34432 has a severity score of 7.5 out of 10, indicating a high severity vulnerability.
To fix CVE-2021-34432, you should upgrade to a version of Eclipse Mosquitto that is not affected, such as version 2.0.8 or later.
You can find more information about CVE-2021-34432 in the official bug report at https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=574141.