USN-7441-1: Eclipse Mosquitto vulnerabilities

16 April 2025

Several security issues were fixed in Eclipse Mosquitto.

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It was discovered that Eclipse Mosquitto client incorrectly handled
memory when receiving a SUBACK packet. An attacker with a malicious
broker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code or
cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-10525)

Xiangpu Song discovered that Eclipse Mosquitto broker did not properly
manage memory under certain circumstances. A malicious client with a
remote connection could possibly use this issue to cause the broker to
crash resulting in a denial of service, or another unspecified impact.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.
(CVE-2024-3935)

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 24.04
Ubuntu 22.04
Ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 16.04
Ubuntu 14.04

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

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