Canonical Linux up to 13.04 MAX_HDR_HISTORY config

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Canonical Linux 6.0/6.4/12.04/12.10/13.04. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument MAX_HDR_HISTORY leads to config. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2013-2175. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 350529 (Amazon Linux Security Advisory for haproxy: ALAS-2013-215).

Upgrading to version 12.10 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (85020), Tenable (69143), SecurityFocus (BID 60588†), Secunia (SA54344†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-40114†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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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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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: RHSA-2013:1120
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2013-2175 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-2175
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-64691

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 15:54
Updated: 12/27/2024 05:59
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), 12/27/2024 05:59 (18)
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