1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-4702-1

USN-4702-1: Pound vulnerabilities

Publication date

25 January 2021

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in pound.

Releases

Packages

  • pound - reverse proxy, load balancer and HTTPS front-end for Web servers

Details

It was discovered that Pound incorrectly handled certain HTTP requests
A remote attacker could use it to retrieve some sensitive
information. (CVE-2016-10711, CVE-2018-21245)

It was discovered that Pound incorrectly handled certain HTTP requests
A remote attacker could use it to retrieve some sensitive
information. (CVE-2016-10711, CVE-2018-21245)

Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
16.04 xenial pound –  2.6-6.1ubuntu0.1

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