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CVE-2017-7652 In Eclipse Mosquitto 1.4.14, if a Mosquitto instance is set running with a configuration file, then sending a HUP signal to server triggers the configuration to be reloaded from disk. If there are lot...

HighCVSS 7.5 EPSS 1.6%
Published
Updated
Exploit status
No public exploit known

Description

In Eclipse Mosquitto 1.4.14, if a Mosquitto instance is set running with a configuration file, then sending a HUP signal to server triggers the configuration to be reloaded from disk. If there are lots of clients connected so that there are no more file descriptors/sockets available (default limit typically 1024 file descriptors on Linux), then opening the configuration file will fail.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
debian/mosquitto(Debian:12) < 1.4.15-1 1.4.15-1
debian/mosquitto(Debian:13) < 1.4.15-1 1.4.15-1
debian/mosquitto(Debian:14) < 1.4.15-1 1.4.15-1
eclipse mosquitto >= 1.0, <= 1.4.14 No fix listed
debian linux = 7.0 No fix listed
debian linux = 8.0 No fix listed
debian linux = 9.0 No fix listed
alpine/mosquitto(Alpine:v3.10) >= 1.0, < 1.4.15-r0 1.4.15-r0
alpine/mosquitto(Alpine:v3.11) >= 1.0, < 1.4.15-r0 1.4.15-r0
alpine/mosquitto(Alpine:v3.12) >= 1.0, < 1.4.15-r0 1.4.15-r0
alpine/mosquitto(Alpine:v3.13) >= 1.0, < 1.4.15-r0 1.4.15-r0
alpine/mosquitto(Alpine:v3.14) >= 1.0, < 1.4.15-r0 1.4.15-r0
alpine/mosquitto(Alpine:v3.15) >= 1.0, < 1.4.15-r0 1.4.15-r0
alpine/mosquitto(Alpine:v3.16) >= 1.0, < 1.4.15-r0 1.4.15-r0
alpine/mosquitto(Alpine:v3.17) >= 1.0, < 1.4.15-r0 1.4.15-r0
alpine/mosquitto(Alpine:v3.18) >= 1.0, < 1.4.15-r0 1.4.15-r0
alpine/mosquitto(Alpine:v3.19) >= 1.0, < 1.4.15-r0 1.4.15-r0
alpine/mosquitto(Alpine:v3.20) >= 1.0, < 1.4.15-r0 1.4.15-r0
alpine/mosquitto(Alpine:v3.21) >= 1.0, < 1.4.15-r0 1.4.15-r0
alpine/mosquitto(Alpine:v3.22) >= 1.0, < 1.4.15-r0 1.4.15-r0
alpine/mosquitto(Alpine:v3.23) >= 1.0, < 1.4.15-r0 1.4.15-r0
alpine/mosquitto(Alpine:v3.24) >= 1.0, < 1.4.15-r0 1.4.15-r0
alpine/mosquitto(Alpine:v3.5) >= 1.0, < 1.4.15-r0 1.4.15-r0
alpine/mosquitto(Alpine:v3.6) >= 1.0, < 1.4.15-r0 1.4.15-r0
alpine/mosquitto(Alpine:v3.7) >= 1.0, < 1.4.15-r0 1.4.15-r0
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ProductAffected versionsFixed in
alpine/mosquitto(Alpine:v3.8) >= 1.0, < 1.4.15-r0 1.4.15-r0
alpine/mosquitto(Alpine:v3.9) >= 1.0, < 1.4.15-r0 1.4.15-r0
The Eclipse Foundation Eclipse Mosquitto = 1.4.14 No fix listed

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