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CVE-2023-46118

Denial of Service by publishing large messages over the HTTP API

Published: Oct 24, 2023Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-400
4.9MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
1.1%
Top 38.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

RabbitMQ is a multi-protocol messaging and streaming broker. HTTP API did not enforce an HTTP request body limit, making it vulnerable for denial of service (DoS) attacks with very large messages. An authenticated user with sufficient credentials can publish a very large messages over the HTTP API and cause target node to be terminated by an "out-of-memory killer"-like mechanism. This vulnerability has been patched in versions 3.11.24 and 3.12.7.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

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

CWE-400

Affected Products

vmware
commercial·USaka vmware inc
rabbitmqOn-prem
Cloud & SaaS / virtualization
rabbitmq
oss-project·GBaka rabbitmq-server
rabbitmq-serverOn-prem
Databases / cache-message-queue
ООО «Ред Софт»
commercial·RUaka red soft
РЕД ОСOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра»
commercial·RUaka rusbitech-astra
Astra Linux Special EditionOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Broadcom Inc.
commercial·USaka vmware by broadcom
RabbitMQOn-prem
Cloud & SaaS
АО «НППКТ»
commercial·RU
ОСОН ОСнова ОnyxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/security/advisories/GHSA-w6cq-9cf4-gqpg
github.com
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00009.html
lists.debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5571
debian.org
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