SB2020040170 - Gentoo update for HAProxy
Published: April 1, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020040170
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) CRLF injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-19330)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when processing CRLF and NUL character in the HTTP request, while converting headers from HTTP/2 to
HTTP/1. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP/2 request to the HAProxy and inject arbitrary HTTP headers. Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to bypass certain security restrictions or perform spoofing attacks.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.