Ubuntu Security Notices
USN-6265-1

USN-6265-1: RabbitMQ vulnerability

Publication date

31 July 2023

Overview

RabbitMQ could be made to expose sensitive information.

Releases

16.04 LTS

Packages

rabbitmq-server - AMQP server written in Erlang

Details

It was discovered that RabbitMQ incorrectly handled certain signed-in user
credentials. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose
sensitive information.

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
16.04 xenial	rabbitmq-server – 3.5.7-1ubuntu0.16.04.4+esm2

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References

CVE-2017-4966

CVE-2017-4966