RHEL 9 : haproxy (RHSA-2024:1089)

high Nessus Plugin ID 191540

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for haproxy.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:1089 advisory.

- haproxy: Proxy forwards malformed empty Content-Length headers (CVE-2023-40225)

- haproxy: untrimmed URI fragments may lead to exposure of confidential data on static servers (CVE-2023-45539)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues 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-2024:1089.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 191540

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-1089.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 3/5/2024

Updated: 4/28/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-45539

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:haproxy

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/5/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/8/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-40225, CVE-2023-45539

CWE: 20, 288

RHSA: 2024:1089

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