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Ubuntu 24.04: USN-7133-1 critical: HAProxy information exposure

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Calendar Grey December 3, 2024
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The Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7134-2 addresses a significant flaw in Postfix that may lead to disclosure of confidential data via email transmissions.
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:

Yuki Mogi discovered that HAProxy incorrectly handled the interpretation

of certain HTTP requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue

to perform a request smuggling attack and obtain 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 24.04 LTS
   haproxy                         2.8.5-1ubuntu3.2

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

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7133-1

  CVE-2024-53008

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Package Information

  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/haproxy/2.8.5-1ubuntu3.2

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