Ubuntu 23.10: USN-6501-1 Severe RabbitMQ Denial Of Service

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November 21, 2023

RabbitMQ could be made to denial of service if it received a specially crafted HTTP request.

Summary

RabbitMQ could be made to denial of service if it received a specially crafted

HTTP request.

Software Description:

- rabbitmq-server: AMQP server written in Erlang

Details:

It was discovered that RabbitMQ incorrectly handled certain HTTP requests.

An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service ubuntu rabbitmq-server ubuntu 23.10

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 23.10:
  rabbitmq-server                 3.12.1-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 23.04:
  rabbitmq-server                 3.10.8-1.1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
  rabbitmq-server                 3.9.13-1ubuntu0.22.04.2

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  rabbitmq-server                 3.8.2-0ubuntu1.5

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