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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : RabbitMQ Server vulnerabilities (USN-7143-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 212194

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7143-1 advisory.

 Christian Rellmann discovered that RabbitMQ Server did not properly sanitize user input when adding a new user via the management UI. An attacker could possibly use this issue to perform cross site scripting and obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2021-32718)

 Fahimhusain Raydurg discovered that RabbitMQ Server did not properly sanitize user input when using the federation management plugin. An attacker could possibly use this issue to perform cross site scripting and obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2021-32719)

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-7143-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 212194

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7143-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/9/2024

Updated: 12/9/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.5

Temporal Score: 2.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-32719

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-32718

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/9/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/28/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-32718, CVE-2021-32719

USN: 7143-1