CVE-2016-9877

rabbitmq: MQTT connection authentication succeeds with empty password

Published Dec 29, 2016 CVSS 3.0 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 1.4% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue was discovered in Pivotal RabbitMQ 3.x before 3.5.8 and 3.6.x before 3.6.6 and RabbitMQ for PCF 1.5.x before 1.5.20, 1.6.x before 1.6.12, and 1.7.x before 1.7.7. MQTT (MQ Telemetry Transport) connection authentication with a username/password pair succeeds if an existing username is provided but the password is omitted from the connection request. Connections that use TLS with a client-provided certificate are not affected.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3761-1 rabbitmq-server security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-10668 An issue was discovered in Pivotal RabbitMQ 3.x before 3.5.8 and 3.6.x before 3.6.6 and RabbitMQ for PCF 1.5.x before 1.5.20, 1.6.x before 1.6.12, and 1.7.x before 1.7.7. MQTT (MQ Telemetry Transport) connection authentication with a username/password pair succeeds if an existing username is provided but the password is omitted from the connection request. Connections that use TLS with a client-provided certificate are not affected.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3374-1 RabbitMQ vulnerability
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Broadcom
Broadcom rabbitmq Server
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:vmware:rabbitmq:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:rabbitmq:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:rabbitmq:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:rabbitmq:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:rabbitmq:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:rabbitmq:3.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:rabbitmq:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:rabbitmq:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:rabbitmq:3.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:rabbitmq:3.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:rabbitmq:3.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:rabbitmq:3.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:rabbitmq:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:rabbitmq:3.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:rabbitmq:3.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:rabbitmq:3.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:rabbitmq:3.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:rabbitmq:3.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:rabbitmq:3.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:rabbitmq:3.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:rabbitmq:3.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:rabbitmq:3.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:rabbitmq:3.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:rabbitmq:3.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:rabbitmq:3.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:rabbitmq:3.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:rabbitmq:3.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:rabbitmq:3.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:rabbitmq:3.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:rabbitmq:3.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:rabbitmq:3.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:rabbitmq:3.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:rabbitmq_server:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:rabbitmq_server:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:rabbitmq_server:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:rabbitmq_server:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:rabbitmq_server:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:rabbitmq_server:3.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:rabbitmq_server:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:rabbitmq_server:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:rabbitmq_server:3.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:rabbitmq_server:3.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:rabbitmq_server:3.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:rabbitmq_server:3.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:rabbitmq_server:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:rabbitmq_server:3.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:rabbitmq_server:3.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:rabbitmq_server:3.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:rabbitmq_server:3.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:rabbitmq_server:3.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:rabbitmq_server:3.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:rabbitmq_server:3.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:rabbitmq_server:3.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:rabbitmq_server:3.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:rabbitmq_server:3.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:rabbitmq_server:3.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:rabbitmq_server:3.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:rabbitmq_server:3.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:rabbitmq_server:3.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:rabbitmq_server:3.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:rabbitmq_server:3.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:rabbitmq_server:3.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:rabbitmq_server:3.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:rabbitmq_server:3.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Vmware
Vmware rabbitmq
Broadcom
Broadcom rabbitmq Server
Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
dell
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 3:07 AM
Reserved
Dec 6, 2016, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 29, 2016, 9:59 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:56 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Dec 20, 2016, 12:00 AM