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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS: USN-7441-1 critical: Eclipse Mosquitto memory flaw

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Calendar Grey April 21, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Serious vulnerabilities in Eclipse Mosquitto addressed, impacting Ubuntu LTS editions. Ensure your systems are updated without delay.
Several security issues were fixed in Eclipse Mosquitto.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Eclipse Mosquitto. Software Description: - mosquitto: MQTT compatible message broker Details: 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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Topics Covered

security advisory DoS Ubuntu attack memory issue Eclipse Mosquitto

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS libmosquitto1 2.0.18-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro libmosquittopp1 2.0.18-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro mosquitto 2.0.18-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro mosquitto-clients 2.0.18-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 22.04 LTS libmosquitto1 2.0.11-1ubuntu1.2 libmosquittopp1 2.0.11-1ubuntu1.2 mosquitto 2.0.11-1ubuntu1.2 mosquitto-clients 2.0.11-1ubuntu1.2 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS libmosquitto1 1.6.9-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro libmosquittopp1 1.6.9-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro mosquitto 1.6.9-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro mosquitto-clients 1.6.9-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 18.04 LTS libmosquitto1 1.4.15-2ubuntu0.18.04.3+esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro libmosquittopp1 1.4.15-2ubuntu0.18.04.3+esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro mosquitto 1.4.15-2ubuntu0.18.04.3+esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro mosquitto-clients 1.4.15-2ubuntu0.18.04.3+esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 16.04 LTS libmosquitto1 1.4.8-1ubuntu0.16.04.7+esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro libmosquittopp1 1.4.8-1ubuntu0.16.04.7+esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro mosquitto 1.4.8-1ubuntu0.16.04.7+esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro mosquitto-clients 1.4.8-1ubuntu0.16.04.7+esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 14.04 LTS libmosquitto0 0.15-2+deb7u3ubuntu0.1+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro libmosquittopp0 0.15-2+deb7u3ubuntu0.1+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro mosquitto 0.15-2+deb7u3ubuntu0.1+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro mosquitto-clients 0.15-2+deb7u3ubuntu0.1+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro python-mosquitto 0.15-2+deb7u3ubuntu0.1+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7441-1

CVE-2024-10525, CVE-2024-3935

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7441-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory DoS Ubuntu attack memory issue Eclipse Mosquitto

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mosquitto/2.0.11-1ubuntu1.2

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