CVE-2019-5917 Denial of service in azure-umqtt-c
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in the azure-umqtt-c library via unspecified vectors.
- 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-2019-5917?
CVE-2019-5917 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft azure-umqtt-c, published on 12 Mar 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
azure-umqtt-c (available through GitHub prior to 2017 October 6) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5917?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Azure-Umqtt-C.
How do I fix CVE-2019-5917?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-5917 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2019-5917 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5917 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7h9v-fv2w-9wp3.