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Ubuntu 22.10: USN-5994-1 Moderate: HAProxy Info Exposure

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Calendar Grey April 3, 2023
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Ubuntu versions 22.10 and 22.04 LTS have vulnerabilities related to HAProxy potentially exposing confidential network details. It's advised to apply the latest updates promptly.
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 initialized certain connection

buffers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain

sensitive information.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate severity ubuntu network threat info exposure haproxy

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 22.10:
   haproxy                         2.4.18-1ubuntu1.3

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
   haproxy                         2.4.18-0ubuntu1.3

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5994-1

CVE-2023-0836

April 03, 2023

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate severity ubuntu network threat info exposure haproxy

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/haproxy/2.4.18-1ubuntu1.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/haproxy/2.4.18-0ubuntu1.3

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