Use of Externally-Controlled Format String Affecting rabbitmq-server package, versions <3.6.10-1ubuntu0.5


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.4% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-RABBITMQSERVER-1071832
  • published11 Feb 2021
  • disclosed23 Nov 2019

Introduced: 23 Nov 2019

CVE-2019-11287  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-134  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 rabbitmq-server to version 3.6.10-1ubuntu0.5 or higher.

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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.04 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 Base Scores

version 3.1