ubuntu-cve-2023-28366
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2023-09-01 16:15
Modified
2026-04-22 07:45
Summary
Details

The broker in Eclipse Mosquitto 1.3.2 through 2.x before 2.0.16 has a memory leak that can be abused remotely when a client sends many QoS 2 messages with duplicate message IDs, and fails to respond to PUBREC commands. This occurs because of mishandling of EAGAIN from the libc send function.

Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "The broker in Eclipse Mosquitto 1.3.2 through 2.x before 2.0.16 has a memory leak that can be abused remotely when a client sends many QoS 2 messages with duplicate message IDs, and fails to respond to PUBREC commands. This occurs because of mishandling of EAGAIN from the libc send function.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2023-28366",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:45:17Z",
  "published": "2023-09-01T16:15:00Z",
  "references": [
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      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-28366"
    },
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      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://mosquitto.org/blog/2023/08/version-2-0-16-released/"
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      "url": "https://github.com/eclipse/mosquitto/commit/6113eac95a9df634fbc858be542c4a0456bfe7b9"
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    {
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      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6492-1"
    },
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      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-28366"
    }
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  "related": [
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  ],
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
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  ]
}



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