Improper Input Validation Affecting rabbitmq-server package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
31.03% (97th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-RABBITMQSERVER-5247361
  • published26 Mar 2023
  • disclosed13 Dec 2019

Introduced: 13 Dec 2019

CVE-2019-11287  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 rabbitmq-server.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rabbitmq-server package and not the rabbitmq-server package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Pivotal RabbitMQ, versions 3.7.x prior to 3.7.21 and 3.8.x prior to 3.8.1, and RabbitMQ for Pivotal Platform, 1.16.x versions prior to 1.16.7 and 1.17.x versions prior to 1.17.4, contain a web management plugin that is vulnerable to a denial of service attack. The "X-Reason" HTTP Header can be leveraged to insert a malicious Erlang format string that will expand and consume the heap, resulting in the server crashing.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1