1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-4214-2

USN-4214-2: RabbitMQ vulnerability

Publication date

11 December 2019

Overview

RabbitMQ could be made to execute arbitrary code if it received a specially crafted input.

Releases

Packages

  • librabbitmq - Command-line utilities for interacting with AMQP servers

Details

USN-4214-1 fixed a vulnerability in RabbitMQ. This update provides
the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that RabbitMQ incorrectly handled certain inputs.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

USN-4214-1 fixed a vulnerability in RabbitMQ. This update provides
the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that RabbitMQ incorrectly handled certain inputs.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
18.04 bionic amqp-tools –  0.8.0-1ubuntu0.18.04.2
librabbitmq4 –  0.8.0-1ubuntu0.18.04.2
16.04 xenial amqp-tools –  0.7.1-1ubuntu0.2
librabbitmq-dev –  0.7.1-1ubuntu0.2

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