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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : RabbitMQ vulnerabilities (USN-5004-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 150995

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5004-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that RabbitMQ incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
 (CVE-2019-11287)

 Jonathan Knudsen discovered RabbitMQ incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2021-22116)

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 rabbitmq-server package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5004-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 150995

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5004-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/24/2021

Updated: 8/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-11287

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-22116

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:rabbitmq-server, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/24/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/23/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-11287, CVE-2021-22116

IAVB: 2021-B-0029-S

USN: 5004-1