Resource exhaustion in Broadcom Rabbitmq Server
CVE-2019-11287
Pivotal RabbitMQ, versions 3.7.x prior to 3.7.21 and 3.8.x prior to 3.8.1, and RabbitMQ for Pivotal Platform, 1.16.x versions prior to 1.16.7 and 1.17.x versions prior to 1.17.4, contain a web management plugin that is vulnerable to a denial of service attack. The "X-Reason" HTTP Header can be leveraged to insert a malicious Erlang format string that will expand and consume the heap, resulting in the server crashing.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.044 (91.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 91.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.044 · newest: 0.044 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Broadcom Rabbitmq Server
- Pivotal Rabbitmq — versions 3.7, 3.8
- Pivotal Rabbitmq For Platform — versions 1.16, 1.17
- Pivotal Software Rabbitmq
- Debian Linux — versions 9.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 30, 31
- Red Hat OpenStack — versions 15
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- pivotal.io/security/cve-2019-11287 (Vendor Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0078 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/DrunkenShells/Disclosures/tree/master/CVE-2019-11287-DoS via Heap Ov… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00011.html (mailing-list, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-11287?
- CVE-2019-11287 is a high-severity vulnerability in Broadcom Rabbitmq Server, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-11-23.
- How severe is CVE-2019-11287?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2019-11287 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.