| 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, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, 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) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1.3.4-2+deb8u4 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 1.4.10-3+deb9u5 | fixed | |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 1.5.7-1+deb10u1 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 2.0.11-1+deb11u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 2.0.11-1.2+deb12u1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 2.0.20-1 | 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