RHEL 6 : rabbitmq-server (RHSA-2016:0368)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 234396

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for rabbitmq-server.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2016:0368 advisory.

RabbitMQ is an implementation of AMQP, the emerging standard for high performance enterprise messaging. The RabbitMQ server is a robust and scalable implementation of an AMQP broker.

A cross-site scripting vulnerability was discovered in RabbitMQ, which allowed using api/ path info to inject and receive data. A remote attacker could use this flaw to create an /api/... URL, forcing a server error that resulted in the server returning an HTML page with embedded text from the URL (not escaped). (CVE-2014-9649)

A response-splitting vulnerability was discovered in RabbitMQ.
An /api/definitions URL could be specified, which then caused an arbitrary additional header to be returned. A remote attacker could use this flaw to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and possibly gain access to secure data.
(CVE-2014-9650)

All rabbitmq-server users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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 RHEL rabbitmq-server package based on the guidance in RHSA-2016:0368.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 234396

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2016-0368.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 4/15/2025

Updated: 4/15/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-9650

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-9649

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rabbitmq-server, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/8/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/24/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-9649, CVE-2014-9650

CWE: 113, 79

RHSA: 2016:0368

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