{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "security@eclipse.org", "ID": "CVE-2018-12551", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "Eclipse Mosquitto", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_affected": ">=", "version_value": "1.0" }, { "version_affected": "<=", "version_value": "1.5.5" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "The Eclipse Foundation" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "When Eclipse Mosquitto version 1.0 to 1.5.5 (inclusive) is configured to use a password file for authentication, any malformed data in the password file will be treated as valid. This typically means that the malformed data becomes a username and no password. If this occurs, clients can circumvent authentication and get access to the broker by using the malformed username. In particular, a blank line will be treated as a valid empty username. Other security measures are unaffected. Users who have only used the mosquitto_passwd utility to create and modify their password files are unaffected by this vulnerability." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "CWE-703: Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=543401", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=543401" }, { "refsource": "MLIST", "name": "[debian-lts-announce] 20191026 [SECURITY] [DLA 1972-1] mosquitto security update", "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00035.html" } ] } }