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DEBIAN-CVE-2018-12546

In Eclipse Mosquitto version 1.0 to 1.5.5 (inclusive) when a client publishes a retained message to a topic, then has its access to that topic revoked...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

In Eclipse Mosquitto version 1.0 to 1.5.5 (inclusive) when a client publishes a retained message to a topic, then has its access to that topic revoked, the retained message will still be published to clients that subscribe to that topic in the future. In some applications this may result in clients being able cause effects that would otherwise not be allowed.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 mosquitto

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.5.6-1"}]}]

Debian:13 mosquitto

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.5.6-1"}]}]

Debian:14 mosquitto

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.5.6-1"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org