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Fedora 33: FEDORA-2021-2ab613b45b Critical: Mosquitto Memory Leak

Update to 1.6.15 Security If an authenticated client connected with MQTT v5 sent a crafted CONNECT message to the broker a memory leak would occur. Affects versions 1.6 to 2.0.10 inclusive.. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2021-2ab613b45b 2021-06-19 01:13:49.915783 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name : mosquitto Product : Fedora 33 Version : 1.6.15 Release : 1.fc33 URL : https://mosquitto.org/ Summary : Open Source MQTT v3.1/v3.1.1 Broker Description : Mosquitto is an open source message broker that implements the MQ Telemetry Transport protocol version 3.1 and 3.1.1 MQTT provides a lightweight method of carrying out messaging using a publish/subscribe model. This makes it suitable for "machine to machine" messaging such as with low power sensors or mobile devices such as phones, embedded computers or micro-controllers like the Arduino. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Update Information: Update to 1.6.15 Security If an authenticated client connected with MQTT v5 sent a crafted CONNECT message to the broker a memory leak would occur. Affects versions 1.6 to 2.0.10 inclusive. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------ChangeLog: * Thu Jun 10 2021 Peter Robinson - 1.6.15-1 - Update to 1.6.15 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2021-2ab613b45b' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be foundat https://fedoraproject.org/security/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------_______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list -- This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. To unsubscribe send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it./ Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure . Important patch for Fedora's Mosquitto broker addresses a memory overflow triggered by harmful MQTT v5 CONNECT packets.. Fedora Update, MQTT Broker, Mosquitto Security, Memory Leak Fix. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Jun 18, 2021 •Critical Fedora