Vulnerabilities > CVE-2019-11777 - Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in Eclipse Paho Java Client 1.2.0

047910
CVSS 7.5 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
NONE
network
low complexity
eclipse
CWE-755

Summary

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.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Eclipse
1