Vigil@nce - Node.js mqtt: denial of service via MQTT
October 2016 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can send a malicious MQTT packet to Node.js mqtt, in
order to trigger a denial of service.
Impacted products: Nodejs Modules not comprehensive.
Severity: 2/4.
Creation date: 29/08/2016.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The Node.js mqtt product has a service to manage received MQTT
packets.
However, when a malicious packet is received, a fatal error occurs.
An attacker can therefore send a malicious MQTT packet to Node.js
mqtt, in order to trigger a denial of service.
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https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Node-js-mqtt-denial-of-service-via-MQTT-20483