Ubuntu Security Notice 5063-1 - Ori Hollander discovered that HAProxy incorrectly handled HTTP header name length encoding. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to inject a duplicate content-length header and perform request smuggling attacks.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5063-1
September 08, 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:
HAProxy could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.
Software Description:
- haproxy: fast and reliable load balancing reverse proxy
Details:
Ori Hollander discovered that HAProxy incorrectly handled HTTP header name
length encoding. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to inject
a duplicate content-length header and perform request smuggling attacks.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 21.04:
haproxy 2.2.9-1ubuntu0.2
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
haproxy 2.0.13-2ubuntu0.3
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5063-1
CVE-2021-40346
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/haproxy/2.2.9-1ubuntu0.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/haproxy/2.0.13-2ubuntu0.3