THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2019-11287
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2019-11287

Rabbitmq Server vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
4.5%
EPSS pct
91th
Exploited
No known
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.
Affected vendor
Broadcom
Affected product
Rabbitmq Server
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
  • CWE-134 — Uncontrolled Format String
Published
2019-11-23

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2019-11287

  • Confirm whether Broadcom Rabbitmq Server is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2019-11287.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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