USN-6265-1: RabbitMQ vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

Packages

• rabbitmq-server - AMQP server written in Erlang

Details

It was discovered that RabbitMQ incorrectly handled certain signed-in user
credentials. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose
sensitive information.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 16.04

• rabbitmq-server - 3.5.7-1ubuntu0.16.04.4+esm2
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2017-4966