CVE-2019-11281

Publication date 16 October 2019

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Pivotal RabbitMQ, versions prior to v3.7.18, and RabbitMQ for PCF, versions 1.15.x prior to 1.15.13, versions 1.16.x prior to 1.16.6, and versions 1.17.x prior to 1.17.3, contain two components, the virtual host limits page, and the federation management UI, which do not properly sanitize user input. A remote authenticated malicious user with administrative access could craft a cross site scripting attack that would gain access to virtual hosts and policy management information.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
rabbitmq-server	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	21.10 impish	Not affected
	21.04 hirsute	Not affected
	20.10 groovy	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	19.10 eoan	Ignored
	19.04 disco	Ignored
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release

Notes

sbeattie

federation management plugin issue requires a malicious admin to exploit

avital

vhost issue does not exist pre-3.7.0

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
rabbitmq-server	Upstream: 42def1b Upstream: d4d4cb2

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	4.8 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	High
User interaction	Required
Scope	Changed
Confidentiality	Low
Integrity impact	Low
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N