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RHEL 8 : haproxy (RHSA-2020:1289)
high Nessus Plugin ID 135184
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for haproxy.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:1289 advisory.The haproxy packages provide a reliable, high-performance network load balancer for TCP and HTTP-based applications.
Security Fix(es):
* haproxy: malformed HTTP/2 requests can lead to out-of-bounds writes (CVE-2020-11100)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the RHEL haproxy package based on the guidance in RHSA-2020:1289.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?c319c24a
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/haproxy
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 135184
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-1289.nasl
Version: 1.9
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 4/2/2020
Updated: 11/7/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Critical
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 5.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-11100
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.8
Temporal Score: 7.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:haproxy
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 4/2/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/2/2020
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2020-11100