Executive Summary



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Summary
Title haproxy security update
Informations
Name RHSA-2014:1292 First vendor Publication 2014-09-24
Vendor RedHat Last vendor Modification 2014-09-24
Severity (Vendor) Moderate Revision 01

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Problem Description:

An updated haproxy package that fixes one security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64

3. Description:

HAProxy provides high availability, load balancing, and proxying for TCP and HTTP-based applications.

A buffer overflow flaw was discovered in the way HAProxy handled, under very specific conditions, data uploaded from a client. A remote attacker could possibly use this flaw to crash HAProxy. (CVE-2014-6269)

All haproxy users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains a backported patch to correct this issue.

4. Solution:

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

1136552 - CVE-2014-6269 haproxy: remote client denial of service vulnerability

Original Source

Url : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1292.html

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-189 Numeric Errors (CWE/SANS Top 25)

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:26516
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:26516
Title: ELSA-2014-1292 -- haproxy security update (Moderate)
Description: HAProxy provides high availability, load balancing, and proxying for TCP and HTTP-based applications. A buffer overflow flaw was discovered in the way HAProxy handled, under very specific conditions, data uploaded from a client. A remote attacker could possibly use this flaw to crash HAProxy. (CVE-2014-6269) All haproxy users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains a backported patch to correct this issue.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2014-1292
CVE-2014-6269
Version: 3
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 7
Product(s): haproxy
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:26636
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:26636
Title: RHSA-2014:1292: haproxy security update (Moderate)
Description: HAProxy provides high availability, load balancing, and proxying for TCP and HTTP-based applications. A buffer overflow flaw was discovered in the way HAProxy handled, under very specific conditions, data uploaded from a client. A remote attacker could possibly use this flaw to crash HAProxy. (CVE-2014-6269) All haproxy users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains a backported patch to correct this issue.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): RHSA-2014:1292-00
CESA-2014:1292
CVE-2014-6269
Version: 3
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
CentOS Linux 7
Product(s): haproxy
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 8

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2014-09-25 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.
File : centos_RHSA-2014-1292.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-09-25 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2014-1292.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-09-24 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2014-1292.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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Date Informations
2014-10-02 09:27:49
  • Multiple Updates
2014-10-01 00:32:04
  • Multiple Updates
2014-09-26 13:27:33
  • Multiple Updates
2014-09-25 13:27:00
  • Multiple Updates
2014-09-24 09:23:57
  • First insertion