RHEL 9 : haproxy (RHSA-2023:6496)

high Nessus Plugin ID 185156

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for haproxy.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:6496 advisory.

- haproxy: data leak via fcgi requests (CVE-2023-0836)

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

Solution

Update the RHEL haproxy package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:6496.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?619e5320

http://www.nessus.org/u?fcdddb52

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2180746

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2196530

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2212246

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6496

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 185156

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-6496.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/7/2023

Updated: 4/23/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-0836

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:haproxy

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/7/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/29/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-0836

CWE: 459

RHSA: 2023:6496