usn-4023-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2019-06-20 13:31
Modified
2026-04-27 14:11
Summary
mosquitto vulnerabilities
Details

It was discovered that Mosquitto broker incorrectly handled certain specially crafted input and network packets. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service.

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  "id": "USN-4023-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-27T14:11:24Z",
  "published": "2019-06-20T13:31:40Z",
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