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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : HAProxy vulnerability (USN-7067-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 208957
Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.Description
The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-7067-1 advisory.It was discovered that HAProxy did not properly limit the creation of new HTTP/2 streams. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause HAProxy to consume excessive resources, leading to a denial of service.
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
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 208957
File Name: ubuntu_USN-7067-1.nasl
Version: 1.2
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 10/14/2024
Updated: 10/15/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 6.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-44487
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:haproxy, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-haproxy
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 10/14/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/10/2023
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 10/31/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-44487
USN: 7067-1