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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 / 26.04 LTS : rabbitmq-c vulnerabilities (USN-8437-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 321367

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 / 26.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8437-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that rabbitmq-c exposed credentials in command-line arguments under certain circumstances. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-35789)

 It was discovered that rabbitmq-c incorrectly handled AMQP frame lengths under certain circumstances, which could lead to an out-of-bounds read. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause rabbitmq-c to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2026-44235)

 It was discovered that rabbitmq-c incorrectly handled AMQP login handshakes under certain circumstances, which could lead to a heap buffer overflow. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause rabbitmq-c to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-44236)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

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 affected amqp-tools, librabbitmq-dev and / or librabbitmq4 packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8437-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 321367

File Name: ubuntu_USN-8437-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/17/2026

Updated: 6/17/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-35789

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:amqp-tools, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:librabbitmq-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:librabbitmq4, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:26.04:-:lts

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/16/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/16/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-35789, CVE-2026-44235, CVE-2026-44236

USN: 8437-1