USN-7133-1: HAProxy vulnerability

Publication date

3 December 2024

Overview

HAProxy could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.

Releases


Packages

  • 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.

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.

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
24.04 noble haproxy –  2.8.5-1ubuntu3.2

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