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Ubuntu 18.04 & 16.04 LTS USN-6530-2 Moderate: HAProxy Security Issue

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Calendar Grey July 23, 2024
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
The Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6531-1 discloses a vulnerability in Apache that may expose confidential data owing to flawed request processing.
HAProxy could be made to expose sensitive information.

Summary

HAProxy could be made to expose sensitive information.

Software Description:

- haproxy: fast and reliable load balancing reverse proxy

Details:

Seth Manesse and Paul Plasil discovered that HAProxy incorrectly handled

URI components containing the hash character (#). A remote attacker could

possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information, or to bypass

certain path_end rules.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue information leak remote attack moderate severity ubuntu haproxy

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
   haproxy                         1.8.8-1ubuntu0.13+esm2
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
   haproxy                         1.6.3-1ubuntu0.3+esm1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6530-2

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6530-1

  CVE-2023-45539

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6530-2

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue information leak remote attack moderate severity ubuntu haproxy

Package Information

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