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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: USN-3663-1 Critical HAProxy Information Exposure

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Calendar Grey May 30, 2018
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HAProxy deployed on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS reveals a significant vulnerability that could lead to unauthorized data leaks across the network.
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 resquests.

An attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information.

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Topics Covered

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  haproxy                         1.8.8-1ubuntu0.1

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

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3663-1

  CVE-2018-11469

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May 30, 2018

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical information exposure ubuntu network issue haproxy

Package Information

  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/haproxy/1.8.8-1ubuntu0.1

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