UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9868

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9868
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9868.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9868
Upstream
Published
2017-06-25T14:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:44:17Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

In Mosquitto through 1.4.12, mosquitto.db (aka the persistence file) is world readable, which allows local users to obtain sensitive MQTT topic information.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / mosquitto

Package

Name
mosquitto
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mosquitto@0.15-2ubuntu1.2?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.15-2ubuntu1.2

Affected versions

0.*

0.15-2ubuntu1
0.15-2ubuntu1.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.15-2ubuntu1.2",
            "binary_name": "libmosquitto0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.15-2ubuntu1.2",
            "binary_name": "libmosquitto0-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.15-2ubuntu1.2",
            "binary_name": "libmosquittopp0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.15-2ubuntu1.2",
            "binary_name": "libmosquittopp0-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.15-2ubuntu1.2",
            "binary_name": "mosquitto"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.15-2ubuntu1.2",
            "binary_name": "mosquitto-clients"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.15-2ubuntu1.2",
            "binary_name": "python-mosquitto"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / mosquitto

Package

Name
mosquitto
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mosquitto@1.4.8-1ubuntu0.16.04.2?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.4.8-1ubuntu0.16.04.2

Affected versions

1.*

1.4.3-1
1.4.4-1
1.4.7-1
1.4.8-1
1.4.8-1build1
1.4.8-1ubuntu0.16.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.4.8-1ubuntu0.16.04.2",
            "binary_name": "libmosquitto-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.4.8-1ubuntu0.16.04.2",
            "binary_name": "libmosquitto1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.4.8-1ubuntu0.16.04.2",
            "binary_name": "libmosquittopp-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.4.8-1ubuntu0.16.04.2",
            "binary_name": "libmosquittopp1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.4.8-1ubuntu0.16.04.2",
            "binary_name": "mosquitto"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.4.8-1ubuntu0.16.04.2",
            "binary_name": "mosquitto-clients"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.4.8-1ubuntu0.16.04.2",
            "binary_name": "mosquitto-dev"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}