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CVE-2019-11287

HIGHEPSS 90th pctl
7.5
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

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.

CWE-400Resource ExhaustionCWE-134

How to fix

Remediation Available
rabbitmq-serverDebian
Fixed in:3.8.3-1CVE-2019-11287
Fixed in:3.8.3-1CVE-2019-11287
Fixed in:3.8.3-1CVE-2019-11287
Fixed in:3.8.3-1CVE-2019-11287
rabbitmq-serverUbuntu
Fixed in:3.5.7-1ubuntu0.16.04.4+esm1USN-5004-1
Fixed in:3.6.10-1ubuntu0.5USN-5004-1
Fixed in:3.8.2-0ubuntu1.3USN-5004-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

4.52%probability of exploitation in 30 days
90thpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 90% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1
Vendor Advisory1
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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-04-02.