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CentOS 6 / 7 : haproxy (CESA-2015:1741)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 86509
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Synopsis
The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.Description
An updated haproxy package that fixes one security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.
HAProxy provides high availability, load balancing, and proxying for TCP and HTTP-based applications.
An implementation error related to the memory management of requests and responses was found within HAProxy's buffer_slow_realign() function. An unauthenticated remote attacker could possibly use this flaw to leak certain memory buffer contents from a past request or session. (CVE-2015-3281)
All haproxy users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains a backported patch to correct this issue.
Solution
Update the affected haproxy package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 86509
File Name: centos_RHSA-2015-1741.nasl
Version: 2.10
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: CentOS Local Security Checks
Published: 10/22/2015
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-3281
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:haproxy, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, cpe:/o:centos:centos:6
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 9/8/2015
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/6/2015
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2015-3281
RHSA: 2015:1741