RHSA-2016:0368 - Security Advisory

Topic

Updated rabbitmq-server packages that fix two security issues are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse)
for RHEL 6.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security
impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give
detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the
CVE links in the References section.

Description

RabbitMQ is an implementation of AMQP, the emerging standard for high
performance enterprise messaging. The RabbitMQ server is a robust and
scalable implementation of an AMQP broker.

A cross-site scripting vulnerability was discovered in RabbitMQ, which
allowed using api/ path info to inject and receive data. A remote attacker
could use this flaw to create an "/api/..." URL, forcing a server error
that resulted in the server returning an HTML page with embedded text from
the URL (not escaped). (CVE-2014-9649)

A response-splitting vulnerability was discovered in RabbitMQ.
An /api/definitions URL could be specified, which then caused an arbitrary
additional header to be returned. A remote attacker could use this flaw to
inject arbitrary HTTP headers and possibly gain access to secure data.
(CVE-2014-9650)

All rabbitmq-server users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,
which contain backported patches to correct these issues.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat OpenStack 5.0 for RHEL 6 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 1185514 - CVE-2014-9649 RabbitMQ: /api/... XSS vulnerability
• BZ - 1185515 - CVE-2014-9650 RabbitMQ: /api/definitions response splitting vulnerability

CVEs

• CVE-2014-9649
• CVE-2014-9650

References

• http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#normal