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Ubuntu 21.04 & 20.04 LTS USN-5042-1: HAProxy Remote Access Risk

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Several security issues were fixed in HAProxy.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5042-1
August 17, 2021

haproxy vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 21.04
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in HAProxy.

Software Description:
- haproxy: fast and reliable load balancing reverse proxy

Details:

It was discovered that HAProxy incorrectly handled the HTTP/2 protocol. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass restrictions.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 21.04:
  haproxy                         2.2.9-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  haproxy                         2.0.13-2ubuntu0.2

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5042-1
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/haproxy/+bug/1940314

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/haproxy/2.2.9-1ubuntu0.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/haproxy/2.0.13-2ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 21.04 & 20.04 LTS USN-5042-1: HAProxy Remote Access Risk

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Ubuntu's USN-5042-1 security advisory resolves multiple vulnerabilities in HAProxy, fixing significant remote access risks in the 20.04 and 21.04 releases
Several security issues were fixed in HAProxy.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 21.04: haproxy 2.2.9-1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: haproxy 2.0.13-2ubuntu0.2 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5042-1

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/haproxy/+bug/1940314

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August 17, 2021

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/haproxy/2.2.9-1ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/haproxy/2.0.13-2ubuntu0.2

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