Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2024-45506 |
CWE-ID | CWE-835 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
HAProxy Server applications / IDS/IPS systems, Firewalls and proxy servers |
Vendor | HAProxy |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU96822
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-45506
CWE-ID:
CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop within the h2_send() function when zero-copy forwarding for HTTP/2 is enabled. A remote attacker can consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.
MitigationInstall updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsHAProxy: 2.9.0 - 3.0.3
CPE2.3 External linkshttp://www.haproxy.org/download/3.1/src/CHANGELOG
http://www.mail-archive.com/haproxy%40formilux.org/msg45281.html
http://www.mail-archive.com/haproxy%40formilux.org/msg45280.html
http://git.haproxy.org/?p=haproxy-3.0.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=c725db17e8416ffb3c1537aea756356228ce5e3c
http://git.haproxy.org/?p=haproxy-3.0.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=d636e515453320c6e122c313c661a8ac7d387c7f
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?
The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.