RHEL 8 : rabbitmq-server (RHSA-2020:0078)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 170311

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for rabbitmq-server.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:0078 advisory.

- rabbitmq-server: improper sanitization of vhost limits and federation management UI pages (CVE-2019-11281)

- rabbitmq-server: X-Reason HTTP Header can be leveraged to insert a malicious string leading to DoS (CVE-2019-11287)

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

Solution

Update the RHEL rabbitmq-server package based on the guidance in RHSA-2020:0078.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?9f15f7bd

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1783318

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 170311

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-0078.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/23/2023

Updated: 4/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.5

Temporal Score: 2.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-11281

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rabbitmq-server

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/13/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/16/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-11281, CVE-2019-11287

CWE: 20, 79

RHSA: 2020:0078