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title: "CVE-2014-9494\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-9494

Publication date 20 January 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

RabbitMQ before 3.4.0 allows remote attackers to bypass the loopback\_users
restriction via a crafted X-Forwareded-For header.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9494?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| rabbitmq-server | 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.10 utopic | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9494?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

3.3.0 and higher

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| rabbitmq-server | * Upstream:   <http://hg.rabbitmq.com/rabbitmq-management/rev/c3c41177a11a> * Upstream:   <http://hg.rabbitmq.com/rabbitmq-management/rev/35e916df027d> * Upstream:   [2fc7e9a](https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-management/commit/2fc7e9a7b7349246a62d088633234be6f313f556) * Upstream:   [3c8073a](https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-management/commit/3c8073a113d99c343d0ef47abe48b0c4175a4d1a) |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9494)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9494)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-9494)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9494)

### Other references

* <http://www.rabbitmq.com/release-notes/README-3.4.0.txt>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9494>