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GMS-2016-7: Denial of Service

January 15, 2016

Specifically crafted MQTT packets can crash the application, making a DoS attack feasible with very little bandwidth.

References

  • github.com/mcollina/mosca/issues/393
  • github.com/mqttjs/mqtt-packet/pull/8

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Affected versions

All versions before 3.4.6, all versions starting from 4.0.0 before 4.0.5

Fixed versions

  • 3.4.6
  • 4.0.5

Solution

Update to version 3.4.6 or 4.0.5 or greater to fix the problem.

Source file

npm/mqtt-packet/GMS-2016-7.yml

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