When Eclipse Mosquitto version 1.0 to 1.5.5 (inclusive) is configured to use a password file for authentication, any malformed data in the password file will be treated as valid. This typically means that the malformed data becomes a username and no password. If this occurs, clients can circumvent authentication and get access to the broker by using the malformed username. In particular, a blank line will be treated as a valid empty username. Other security measures are unaffected. Users who have only used the mosquitto_passwd utility to create and modify their password files are unaffected by this vulnerability.
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| Product Name | Status | Defect | Fixed | Downloads |
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| Linux | ||||
| Wind River Linux LTS 17 | Won't Fix | -- | -- |
Wind River VxWorks Security Alert CVE-2018-12551 for mosquitto |
| Wind River Linux 8 | Not Vulnerable | -- | -- | -- |
| Wind River Linux 9 | Not Vulnerable | -- | -- | -- |
| Wind River Linux 7 | Not Vulnerable | -- | -- | -- |
| Wind River Linux LTS 21 | Won't Fix | -- | -- | -- |
| Wind River Linux LTS 22 | Won't Fix | -- | -- | -- |
| Wind River Linux LTS 18 | Won't Fix | -- | -- |
Wind River VxWorks Security Alert CVE-2018-12551 for mosquitto |
| Wind River Linux LTS 19 | Won't Fix | -- | -- |
Wind River VxWorks Security Alert CVE-2018-12551 for mosquitto |
| Wind River Linux CD release | Won't Fix | -- | -- |
Wind River VxWorks Security Alert CVE-2018-12551 for mosquitto |
| Wind River Linux 6 | Not Vulnerable | -- | -- | -- |
| Wind River Linux LTS 23 | Won't Fix | -- | -- | -- |
| VxWorks | ||||
| VxWorks 7 | Fixed | -- | SR0640 |
Wind River VxWorks Security Alert CVE-2018-12551 for mosquitto |
| VxWorks 6.9 | Not Vulnerable | -- | -- |
Wind River VxWorks Security Alert CVE-2018-12551 for mosquitto |
| Helix Virtualization Platform Cert Edition | ||||
| Helix Virtualization Platform Cert Edition | Not Vulnerable | -- | -- | -- |
| Product Name | Status | Defect | Fixed | Downloads |
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