Amazon Linux 2 : haproxy2 (ALASHAPROXY2-2023-004)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 182027

Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of haproxy2 installed on the remote host is prior to 2.2.17-1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2HAPROXY2-2023-004 advisory.

- An uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability was discovered in HAProxy which could crash the service. This issue could allow an authenticated remote attacker to run a specially crafted malicious server in an OpenShift cluster. The biggest impact is to availability. (CVE-2023-0056)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Run 'yum update haproxy2' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALASHAPROXY2-2023-004.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-0056.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 182027

File Name: al2_ALASHAPROXY2-2023-004.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/27/2023

Updated: 9/27/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-0056

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:haproxy2-debuginfo, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:haproxy2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/21/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/16/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-0056