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.
The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.
The product uses a function that accepts a format string as an argument, but the format string originates from an external source.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2019-11287 | vendor advisory |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EEQ6O7PMNJKYFMQYHAB55L423GYK63SO/ | vendor advisory |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PYTGR3D5FW2O25RXZOTIZMOD2HAUVBE4/ | vendor advisory |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0078 | third party advisory vendor advisory |
| https://github.com/DrunkenShells/Disclosures/tree/master/CVE-2019-11287-DoS%20via%20Heap%20Overflow-RabbitMQ%20Web%20Management%20Plugin | third party advisory exploit |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00011.html | third party advisory mailing list |