CVE-2017-9131 Command injection in n/a
An attacker can remotely execute commands to reboot Mimosa wireless radios via the Mosquitto broker, causing denial of service or unauthorized control.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-9131?
CVE-2017-9131 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 May 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An issue was discovered on Mimosa Client Radios before 2.2.3 and Mimosa Backhaul Radios before 2.2.3. By connecting to the Mosquitto broker on an access point and one of its clients, an attacker can gather enough information to craft a command that reboots the client remotely when sent to the client's Mosquitto broker, aka "unauthenticated remote command execution." This command can be re-sent endlessly to act as a DoS attack on the client.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-9131?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Mimosa Backhaul Radios, Mimosa Client Radios.
How do I fix CVE-2017-9131?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-9131 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2017-9131 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-9131 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j3jh-fcc3-55xq.