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Ubuntu 4214-2: Moderate Librabbitmq Code Execution Threat

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Calendar Grey December 11, 2019
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Advisory USN-4214-3 highlights a critical vulnerability in librabbitmq impacting various releases.
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:

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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory arbitrary code execution Ubuntu input handling librabbitmq

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  amqp-tools                      0.8.0-1ubuntu0.18.04.2
  librabbitmq4                    0.8.0-1ubuntu0.18.04.2

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  amqp-tools                      0.7.1-1ubuntu0.2
  librabbitmq-dev                 0.7.1-1ubuntu0.2

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4214-2

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

CVE-2019-18609

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December 11, 2019

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Topics Covered

security advisory arbitrary code execution Ubuntu input handling librabbitmq

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/librabbitmq/0.8.0-1ubuntu0.18.04.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/librabbitmq/0.7.1-1ubuntu0.2

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