CVE-2019-11287

HIGH EPSS 90.3%
Published Nov 23, 20196y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
7.5 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published Nov 23, 2019 6y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

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.

CVSS Details

Base Score
7.5
Exploitability
3.9
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
90.3% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
Public Exploit Known
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 2

CWE-134
CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption Resource Mgmt

Affected Products 8

VendorProductVersionRange
broadcomrabbitmq_server*≥3.8.0  –  <3.8.1
pivotal_softwarerabbitmq*≥1.16.0  –  <1.16.7
pivotal_softwarerabbitmq*≥1.17.0  –  <1.17.4
pivotal_softwarerabbitmq*≥3.7.0  –  <3.7.21
fedoraprojectfedora30any
fedoraprojectfedora31any
redhatopenstack15any
debiandebian_linux9.0any

References 6

  • access.redhat.com https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0078
    Third Party Advisory
  • github.com https://github.com/DrunkenShells/Disclosures/tree/master/CVE-2019-11287-DoS%20via%20Heap%20Overflow-RabbitMQ%20Web%20Management%20Plugin
    ExploitThird Party Advisory
  • lists.debian.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00011.html
    Third Party Advisory
  • lists.fedoraproject.org https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EEQ6O7PMNJKYFMQYHAB55L423GYK63SO/
  • lists.fedoraproject.org https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PYTGR3D5FW2O25RXZOTIZMOD2HAUVBE4/
  • pivotal.io https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2019-11287
    Vendor Advisory

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.