Check Point Advisories

Eclipse Foundation Mosquitto Pattern Based ACL Bypass (CVE-2017-7650)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2019-0926
Date Published:	23 Jul 2019
Severity:	Medium
Last Updated:	Sunday 22 January, 2023
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2017-7650
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	An ACL bypass vulnerability has been reported in Eclipse Foundation Mosquitto. A remote user can exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to the target server.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Eclipse Foundation Mosquitto Pattern Based ACL Bypass (CVE-2017-7650) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Application Servers Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Eclipse Foundation Mosquitto Pattern Based ACL Bypass (CVE-2017-7650)