CVE-2023-46118
Description
RabbitMQ vulnerable to Denial of Service by publishing large messages over the HTTP API
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Mitigation details
CVE-2023-46118 NameCVE-2023-46118 DescriptionRabbitMQ is a multi-protocol messaging and streaming broker. HTTP API did not enforce an HTTP request body limit, making it vulnerable for denial of service (DoS) attacks with very large messages. An authenticated user with sufficient credentials can publish a very large messages over the HTTP API and cause target node to be terminated by an…
CVE-2023-46118
| Name | CVE-2023-46118 |
| Description | RabbitMQ is a multi-protocol messaging and streaming broker. HTTP API did not enforce an HTTP request body limit, making it vulnerable for denial of service (DoS) attacks with very large messages. An authenticated user with sufficient credentials can publish a very large messages over the HTTP API and cause target node to be terminated by an "out-of-memory killer"-like mechanism. This vulnerability has been patched in versions 3.11.24 and 3.12.7. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-3687-1, DSA-5571-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 1056723 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| rabbitmq-server (PTS) | bullseye (security), bullseye | 3.8.9-3+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 3.10.8-1.1+deb12u1 | fixed | |
| trixie | 4.0.5-6+deb13u2 | fixed | |
| forky | 4.0.5-14 | fixed | |
| sid | 4.3.2-4 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rabbitmq-server | source | buster | 3.8.2-1+deb10u2 | DLA-3687-1 | ||
| rabbitmq-server | source | bullseye | 3.8.9-3+deb11u1 | DSA-5571-1 | ||
| rabbitmq-server | source | bookworm | 3.10.8-1.1+deb12u1 | DSA-5571-1 | ||
| rabbitmq-server | source | (unstable) | 3.10.8-3 | 1056723 |
Notes
https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/security/advisories/GHSA-w6cq-9cf4-gqpg
https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/pull/9708
Apply commands
https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/security/advisories/GHSA-w6cq-9cf4-gqpghttps://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/pull/9708OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 3.10.8-3 |
| sid | Fixed | 3.10.8-3 |
| forky | Fixed | 3.10.8-3 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 3.8.9-3+deb11u1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 3.10.8-1.1+deb12u1 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hex | rabbit_common | >=3.12.0,<3.12.7 | 3.12.7 |
| Hex | rabbit_common | >=3.11.0,<3.11.24 | 3.11.24 |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-46118.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-46118
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/security/advisories/GHSA-w6cq-9cf4-gqpg
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-46118
- https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00009.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5571
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.