SB2018121210 - Security restrictions bypass in Pivotal RabbitMQ
Published: December 12, 2018 Updated: August 19, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018121210
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Security restrictions bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1279)
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.
The vulnerability exists in Pivotal Software RabbitMQ due to improper security restrictions on servers in an MQ cluster. A remote authenticated attacker can use a deterministically generated cookie that is shared between all machines in the cluster of an affected system and gain unauthorized access, which could be used to conduct further attacks.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.