5 - RHSA-2015:1741

Problem Description:

An updated haproxy package that fixes one security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important 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 Load Balancer (v. 6) - i386, x86_64 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.

An implementation error related to the memory management of request and responses was found within HAProxy's buffer_slow_realign() function. An unauthenticated remote attacker could possibly use this flaw to leak certain memory buffer contents from a past request or session. (CVE-2015-3281)

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.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

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

1239072 - CVE-2015-3281 haproxy: information leak in buffer_slow_realign()