*** This bug is a security vulnerability ***

Public security bug reported:

If persistence is enabled (as it is by default on Ubuntu), the
mosquitto.db file is world readable.

This means any local user can access this file and potentially access
sensitive data.

This is CVE-2017-9868. https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-
bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9868

Upstream bug: https://github.com/eclipse/mosquitto/issues/468

This has already been publicly disclosed.

** Affects: mosquitto (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Information type changed from Private Security to Public Security

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