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Ubuntu 15.04, 14.10 USN-2668-1 Critical: HAProxy Info Exposure

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Calendar Grey July 7, 2015
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Several Debian versions face a critical flaw in HAProxy, which could lead to unauthorized data access. Prompt patching is recommended.
HAProxy could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.

Summary

HAProxy could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.

Software Description:

- haproxy: fast and reliable load balancing reverse proxy

Details:

It was discovered that HAProxy incorrectly handled certain buffers. A

remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive

information belonging to previous requests.

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical remote access Ubuntu information exposure haproxy

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 15.04:
  haproxy                         1.5.10-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 14.10:
  haproxy                         1.5.4-1ubuntu2.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2668-1

CVE-2015-3281

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July 07, 2015

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical remote access Ubuntu information exposure haproxy

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/haproxy/1.5.10-1ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/haproxy/1.5.4-1ubuntu2.1

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