SB2019112307 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Pivotal RabbitMQ

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SB2019112307 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Pivotal RabbitMQ

Published: November 23, 2019 Updated: January 13, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2019112307
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11287)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input passed via the "X-Reason" HTTP Header. A remote attacker can inject a malicious Erlang format string into the "X-Reason" HTTP Header that once expanded will consume the heap, resulting in the server crashing.


2) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11291)

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data when processing vhost or node name fields. A remote privileged user with ability to edit vhost or node name fields can execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References