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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS : HAProxy vulnerability (USN-5994-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 173797

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5994-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that HAProxy incorrectly initialized certain connection buffers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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 affected haproxy and / or vim-haproxy packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5994-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 173797

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5994-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/3/2023

Updated: 8/28/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-0836

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:haproxy, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-haproxy

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/3/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/29/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-0836

USN: 5994-1