ubuntu-cve-2021-22116
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2021-06-08 12:15
Modified
2025-07-16 04:56
Summary
Details
RabbitMQ all versions prior to 3.8.16 are prone to a denial of service vulnerability due to improper input validation in AMQP 1.0 client connection endpoint. A malicious user can exploit the vulnerability by sending malicious AMQP messages to the target RabbitMQ instance having the AMQP 1.0 plugin enabled.
Severity
7.5 (High)
N/A (UNKNOWN)
References
{
"affected": [
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "rabbitmq-server",
"binary_version": "3.5.7-1ubuntu0.16.04.4+esm1"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS",
"name": "rabbitmq-server",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/rabbitmq-server@3.5.7-1ubuntu0.16.04.4+esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-infra/xenial"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "3.5.7-1ubuntu0.16.04.4+esm1"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"3.5.4-1",
"3.5.4-3",
"3.5.4-3.1",
"3.5.7-1",
"3.5.7-1ubuntu0.16.04.1",
"3.5.7-1ubuntu0.16.04.2",
"3.5.7-1ubuntu0.16.04.4"
]
},
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"availability": "No subscription required",
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "rabbitmq-server",
"binary_version": "3.6.10-1ubuntu0.5"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
"name": "rabbitmq-server",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/rabbitmq-server@3.6.10-1ubuntu0.5?arch=source\u0026distro=bionic"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "3.6.10-1ubuntu0.5"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"3.6.10-1",
"3.6.10-1ubuntu0.1",
"3.6.10-1ubuntu0.3",
"3.6.10-1ubuntu0.4"
]
},
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"availability": "No subscription required",
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "rabbitmq-server",
"binary_version": "3.8.2-0ubuntu1.3"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:20.04:LTS",
"name": "rabbitmq-server",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/rabbitmq-server@3.8.2-0ubuntu1.3?arch=source\u0026distro=focal"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "3.8.2-0ubuntu1.3"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"3.7.8-4ubuntu2",
"3.7.18-1",
"3.8.2-0ubuntu1",
"3.8.2-0ubuntu1.1",
"3.8.2-0ubuntu1.2"
]
},
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"availability": "No subscription required",
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "rabbitmq-server",
"binary_version": "3.8.9-3ubuntu1"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:22.04:LTS",
"name": "rabbitmq-server",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/rabbitmq-server@3.8.9-3ubuntu1?arch=source\u0026distro=jammy"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "3.8.9-3ubuntu1"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": []
}
],
"aliases": [],
"details": "RabbitMQ all versions prior to 3.8.16 are prone to a denial of service vulnerability due to improper input validation in AMQP 1.0 client connection endpoint. A malicious user can exploit the vulnerability by sending malicious AMQP messages to the target RabbitMQ instance having the AMQP 1.0 plugin enabled.",
"id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2021-22116",
"modified": "2025-07-16T04:56:59Z",
"published": "2021-06-08T12:15:00Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-22116"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2021-22116"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/pull/2953"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5004-1"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-22116"
}
],
"related": [
"USN-5004-1"
],
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
],
"upstream": [
"CVE-2021-22116"
]
}
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