Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions and Origin Validation Error in Eclipse Paho Java client library
Moderate severity
GitHub Reviewed
Published
Sep 17, 2019
to the GitHub Advisory Database
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Updated Feb 1, 2023
Package
Affected versions
< 1.2.1
Patched versions
1.2.1
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Sep 11, 2019
Reviewed
Sep 13, 2019
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Sep 17, 2019
Last updated
Feb 1, 2023
In the Eclipse Paho Java client library version 1.2.0, when connecting to an MQTT server using TLS and setting a host name verifier, the result of that verification is not checked. This could allow one MQTT server to impersonate another and provide the client library with incorrect information.
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