Rule Category

SERVER-OTHER -- Snort has detected traffic exploiting vulnerabilities in a server in the network.

Alert Message

SERVER-OTHER RabbitMQ X-Reason HTTP header denial-of-service attempt

Rule Explanation

This event is generated when an attempt to exploit RabbitMQ via CVE-2019-11287 is detected. Impact: Detection of a Denial of Service Attack Details: The "X-Reason" HTTP Header can be leveraged to insert a malicious Erlang format string that will expand and consume the heap, resulting in the server crashing. Ease of Attack: Simple, this can be done with any command line tool that allows an attacker to send http requests.

What To Look For

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Known Usage

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False Positives

No known false positives

Contributors

Cisco Talos Intelligence Group

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CVE

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CVE Additional Information

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CVE-2019-11287
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