GLSA 201307-01: HAProxy: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	high
Title:	HAProxy: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	07/11/2013
Bugs:	#464340, #473674
ID:	201307-01

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in HAProxy, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause Denial of Service.

Background

HAProxy is a free, very fast and reliable solution offering high availability, load balancing, and proxying for TCP and HTTP-based applications.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
net-proxy/haproxy	< 1.4.24	>= 1.4.24	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in HAProxy. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker could send a specially crafted request, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the application or a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All HAProxy users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-proxy/haproxy-1.4.24"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201307-01.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.