#VU53724 Input validation error in RabbitMQ - CVE-2021-22116

 

#VU53724 Input validation error in RabbitMQ - CVE-2021-22116

Published: June 1, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU53724
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-22116
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
RabbitMQ
Software vendor:
VMware, Inc

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when processing AMPQ messages in AMQP 1.0 client connection endpoint.. A remote attacker can send specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability requires that AMQP 1.0 plugin is enabled.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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