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Ubuntu 11.10 / 12.04 LTS / 12.10 : haproxy vulnerabilities (USN-1800-1)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 65980
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Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.Description
It was discovered that HAProxy incorrectly handled configurations where global.tune.bufsize was set to a value higher than the default.A remote attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2012-2942)
Yves Lafon discovered that HAProxy incorrectly handled HTTP keywords in TCP inspection rules when HTTP keep-alive is enabled. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2013-1912).
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected haproxy package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 65980
File Name: ubuntu_USN-1800-1.nasl
Version: 1.8
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 4/16/2013
Updated: 9/19/2019
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.1
Temporal Score: 3.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:haproxy, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 4/15/2013
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/27/2012
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2012-2942, CVE-2013-1912
USN: 1800-1