Canonical Linux 6.0/6.4/12.04/12.10/13.04 MAX_HDR_HISTORY config

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A vulnerability was found in Canonical Linux 6.0/6.4/12.04/12.10/13.04. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation of the argument MAX_HDR_HISTORY with an unknown input leads to a config vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-16. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

HAProxy 1.4 before 1.4.24 and 1.5 before 1.5-dev19, when configured to use hdr_ip or other "hdr_*" functions with a negative occurrence count, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (negative array index usage and crash) via an HTTP header with a certain number of values, related to the MAX_HDR_HISTORY variable.

The weakness was released 08/19/2013 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at marc.info. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2013-2175 since 02/19/2013. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592.004 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 69143 (CentOS 6 : haproxy (CESA-2013:1120)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks.

Upgrading to version 12.10 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (85020) and Tenable (69143).

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Class: Config
CWE: CWE-16
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Nessus ID: 69143
Nessus Name: CentOS 6 : haproxy (CESA-2013:1120)
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OpenVAS ID: 892711
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2711-1 (haproxy - several vulnerabilities
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Upgrade: Linux 12.10

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06/17/2013 +118 days 🔍
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Advisory: RHSA-2013:1120
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2013-2175 (🔍)
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X-Force: 85020
Vulnerability Center: 40114 - HAProxy 1.4, 1.5 Remote DoS due to Improper Parsing of HTTP Headers, High
SecurityFocus: 60588 - HAProxy CVE-2013-2175 Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 54344

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Created: 03/24/2015 15:54
Updated: 01/04/2022 14:50
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (66), 05/03/2017 16:40 (5), 01/04/2022 14:46 (3), 01/04/2022 14:49 (1), 01/04/2022 14:50 (2)
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