HAProxy up to 1.6.5 reqdeny Rule Deny memory corruption

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in HAProxy up to 1.6.5 (Firewall Software). Affected is an unknown part of the component reqdeny Rule Deny Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

HAproxy 1.6.x before 1.6.6, when a deny comes from a reqdeny rule, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uninitialized memory access and crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.

The weakness was published 06/30/2016 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at ubuntu.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-5360 since 06/09/2016. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 91727 (Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : haproxy vulnerability (USN-3011-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Ubuntu Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 1.6.6 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (91727).

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 91727
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : haproxy vulnerability (USN-3011-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 830174
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for haproxy FEDORA-2016-b38938aa8e
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: HAProxy 1.6.6
Patch: 60f01f8c89e4fb2723d5a9f2046286e699567e0b

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06/09/2016 🔍
06/20/2016 +11 days 🔍
06/21/2016 +1 days 🔍
06/30/2016 +9 days 🔍
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07/04/2016 +4 days 🔍
08/26/2022 +2244 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: USN-3011-1
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-5360 (🔍)

Entryinfo

Created: 07/04/2016 10:08
Updated: 08/26/2022 11:35
Changes: 07/04/2016 10:08 (59), 02/15/2019 16:10 (11), 08/26/2022 11:35 (6)
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