CVE-2019-11287

NameCVE-2019-11287
DescriptionPivotal 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-2710-1
Debian Bugs945600

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+deb9u2fixed
stretch (lts), stretch3.6.6+really3.8.9-0+deb9u2fixed
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)3.8.2-1+deb10u2vulnerable
bullseye (security), bullseye3.8.9-3+deb11u1fixed
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-serversourcewheezy(not affected)
rabbitmq-serversourcestretch3.6.6-1+deb9u1DLA-2710-1
rabbitmq-serversource(unstable)3.8.3-1945600

Notes

[buster] - rabbitmq-server <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[jessie] - rabbitmq-server <postponed> (Minor issue)
https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2019-11287
[wheezy] - rabbitmq-server <not-affected> (vulnerable code not present)

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