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Ubuntu 19.10: USN-4214-1 Moderate: RabbitMQ Arbitrary Code Execution

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Calendar Grey December 5, 2019
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Addressing the RabbitMQ security issue in Ubuntu that threatens code execution abilities and overall system stability.
RabbitMQ could be made to execute arbitrary code if it received a specially crafted input.

Summary

RabbitMQ could be made to execute arbitrary code if it received

a specially crafted input.

Software Description:

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

Details:

It was discovered that RabbitMQ incorrectly handled certain inputs.

An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

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Topics Covered

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 19.10:
  amqp-tools                      0.9.0-0.2ubuntu0.19.10.1
  librabbitmq4                    0.9.0-0.2ubuntu0.19.10.1

Ubuntu 19.04:
  amqp-tools                      0.9.0-0.2ubuntu0.19.04.1
  librabbitmq4                    0.9.0-0.2ubuntu0.19.04.1

Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:
  amqp-tools                      0.4.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
  librabbitmq1                    0.4.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4214-1

CVE-2019-18609

December 05, 2019

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Topics Covered

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Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/librabbitmq/0.9.0-0.2ubuntu0.19.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/librabbitmq/0.9.0-0.2ubuntu0.19.04.1

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