Ubuntu 19.04 / 19.10 : librabbitmq vulnerability (USN-4214-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 131761

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

It was discovered that RabbitMQ incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

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Solution

Update the affected amqp-tools, librabbitmq1 and / or librabbitmq4 packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4214-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 131761

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4214-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/6/2019

Updated: 5/11/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-18609

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:amqp-tools, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:librabbitmq1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:librabbitmq4

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/5/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/1/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-18609

USN: 4214-1