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CVE-2019-11287

RabbitMQ Web Management Plugin DoS via heap overflow

Published: Nov 22, 2019Updated: Apr 2, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-400
NVD MITRE
7.5CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
4.5%
Top 9.7%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
2 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-400CWE-134

Affected Products

rabbitmq serverbroadcom
Mixed
Cloud & SaaS / virtualization
rabbitmqpivotal software
Mixed
Cloud & SaaS / cloud-platform
fedorafedoraproject
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
openstackredhat
On-prem
Cloud & SaaS / container-orchestration
debian linuxdebian
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
broadcomcommercialUSCloud & SaaSaka broadcom inc
pivotal softwarecommercialUSCloud & SaaSaka pivotal
fedoraprojectoss-projectUSOperating Systemsaka fedora project
redhatcommercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat
debianoss-projectGBOperating Systemsaka debian gnu/linux
and 6 more affected products View all →

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Exploitability

2 exploit sources identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
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References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0078
access.redhat.com
https://github.com/DrunkenShells/Disclosures/tree/master/CVE-2019-11287-DoS%20via%20Heap%20Overflow-RabbitMQ%20Web%20Management%20Plugin
github.com
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00011.html
lists.debian.org
and 14 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Nov 22, 2019
Last Updated
Apr 2, 2025

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