diff --git a/www/posts/2019/09/version-1-6-6-released.md b/www/posts/2019/09/version-1-6-6-released.md index 7f479154..d00c076e 100644 --- a/www/posts/2019/09/version-1-6-6-released.md +++ b/www/posts/2019/09/version-1-6-6-released.md @@ -13,16 +13,17 @@ Mosquitto 1.6.6 and 1.5.9 have been released to address two security vulnerabili Titles and links will be updated once the CVE numbers are assigned. -# CVE-xxxx-xxxxx +# CVE-2019-11779 -A vulnerability exists in Mosquitto versions 1.5 to 1.6.5 inclusive. +A vulnerability exists in Mosquitto versions 1.5 to 1.6.5 inclusive, known as +[CVE-2019-11779]. If a client sends a SUBSCRIBE packet containing a topic that consists of approximately 65400 or more '/' characters, i.e. the topic hierarchy separator, then a stack overflow will occur. The issue is fixed in Mosquitto 1.6.6 and 1.5.9. Patches for older versions are -available at +available at The fix addresses the problem by restricting the allowed number of topic hierarchy levels to 200. An alternative fix is to increase the size of the @@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ interval is set longer than the session expiry interval, then a use after free error occurs, which has the potential to cause a crash in some situations. The issue is fixed in Mosquitto 1.6.5. Patches for older versions are available -at +at # Version 1.6.6 Changes @@ -57,5 +58,6 @@ The complete list of fixes addressed in version 1.6.6 is: not exist. Closes [#1414]. [CVE-2019-11778]: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11778 +[CVE-2019-11779]: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11779 [#1412]: https://github.com/eclipse/mosquitto/issues/1412 [#1414]: https://github.com/eclipse/mosquitto/issues/1414