CVE-2023-46120

Medium

Description

The RabbitMQ Java client library allows Java and JVM-based applications to connect to and interact with RabbitMQ nodes. `maxBodyLebgth` was not used when receiving Message objects. Attackers could send a very large Message causing a memory overflow and triggering an OOM Error. Users of RabbitMQ may suffer from DoS attacks from RabbitMQ Java client which will ultimately exhaust the memory of the consumer. This vulnerability was patched in version 5.18.0.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.9
Exploit probability—
ProductVmware Rabbitmq Java Client
PublishedOct 25, 2023
First seenOct 25, 2023

How to fix

Update
  • vmware rabbitmq_java_client5.18.0 or later
  • com.rabbitmq:amqp-client5.18.0 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
vmware rabbitmq_java_clientv < 5.18.05.18.0
com.rabbitmq:amqp-clientMavenv < 5.18.05.18.0

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