CVE-2019-11287

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    CVE-2019-11287

    Published: 23 Nov 2019Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

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

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 967ffac80a454b24be03b00e623469cf2380ee89
    Fixed -ed70791a5e1c8ef14e7e53ad59503d68d9a45f90

    Affected versions

    v3.7.20-rc.2
    v3.7.20
    v3.7.20-rc.1
    v3.7.20-beta.1
    v3.7.19
    v3.7.18
    v3.7.18-rc.1
    v3.7.18-beta.1
    v3.7.17-rc.3
    v3.7.17-rc.2
    v3.7.17-rc.1
    v3.7.17-beta.1
    v3.7.17
    v3.7.16-rc.4
    v3.7.16
    v3.7.16-rc.3
    v3.7.16-beta.1
    v3.7.14-rc.2
    v3.7.14
    v3.7.15
    v3.7.15-beta.1
    v3.7.14-rc.1
    v3.7.13-rc.2
    v3.7.13
    v3.7.13-rc.1
    v3.7.13-beta.1
    v3.7.12
    v3.7.12-rc.2
    v3.7.12-rc.1
    v3.7.11
    v3.7.11-rc.2
    v3.7.11-rc.1
    v3.7.10-rc.4
    v3.7.10
    v3.7.10-rc.3
    v3.7.10-rc.2
    v3.7.10-rc.1
    v3.7.9-rc.3
    v3.7.9
    v3.7.9-rc.2
    v3.7.9-rc.1
    v3.7.8-rc.4
    v3.7.8
    v3.7.8-rc.3
    v3.7.8-rc.2
    v3.7.8-rc.1
    v3.7.7-rc.2
    v3.7.7
    v3.7.7-rc.1
    v3.7.7-beta.2
    v3.7.7-beta.1
    v3.7.6
    v3.7.6-rc.2
    v3.7.6-rc.1
    v3.7.5
    v3.7.5-rc.1
    v3.7.5-beta.3
    v3.7.5-beta.2
    v3.7.5-beta.1
    v3.7.4
    v3.7.4-rc.4
    v3.7.4-rc.3
    v3.7.4-rc.2
    v3.7.4-rc.1
    v3.7.3-rc.2
    v3.7.3
    v3.7.3-rc.1
    v3.7.2
    v3.7.1
    v3.7.1-beta.1
    v3.7.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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