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Pivotal RabbitMQ 3.7.x < 3.7.21 / 3.8.x < 3.8.1 Denial of Service

high Nessus Plugin ID 144632

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Synopsis

A web application running on the remote web server is affected by denial of service vulnerability.

Description

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.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Pivotal RabbitMQ version 3.7.21 / 3.8.1 or later.

See Also

https://pivotal.io/security/CVE-2019-11287

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0078

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 144632

File Name: rabbitmq_3_7_21.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 12/29/2020

Updated: 1/31/2024

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-11287

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:pivotal_software:rabbitmq

Required KB Items: installed_sw/RabbitMQ

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/22/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/22/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-11287

CWE: 134, 400