CVE-2018-1279

NameCVE-2018-1279
DescriptionPivotal RabbitMQ for PCF, all versions, uses a deterministically generated cookie that is shared between all machines when configured in a multi-tenant cluster. A remote attacker who can gain information about the network topology can guess this cookie and, if they have access to the right ports on any server in the MQ cluster can use this cookie to gain full control over the entire cluster.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs924768

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
rabbitmq-server (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)3.3.5-1.1+deb8u1vulnerable
stretch (security)3.6.6-1+deb9u2vulnerable
stretch (lts), stretch3.6.6+really3.8.9-0+deb9u2vulnerable
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)3.8.2-1+deb10u2vulnerable
bullseye (security), bullseye3.8.9-3+deb11u1vulnerable
bookworm (security), bookworm3.10.8-1.1+deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie3.10.8-3fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
rabbitmq-serversourcejessie(unfixed)end-of-life
rabbitmq-serversource(unstable)3.9.8-5924768

Notes

[bullseye] - rabbitmq-server <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[buster] - rabbitmq-server <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[stretch] - rabbitmq-server <postponed> (Minor issue; documentation-only fix)
https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2018-1279
[wheezy] - rabbitmq-server <no-dsa> (Issue can be easily mitigated)

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