Out-of-bounds Write Affecting haproxy18 package, versions <0:1.8.23-3.el7


Severity

Recommended
critical

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
61.59% (100th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-HAPROXY18-5265578
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed2 Apr 2020

Introduced: 2 Apr 2020

CVE-2020-11100  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 haproxy18 to version 0:1.8.23-3.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:1287.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream haproxy18 package and not the haproxy18 package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

In hpack_dht_insert in hpack-tbl.c in the HPACK decoder in HAProxy 1.8 through 2.x before 2.1.4, a remote attacker can write arbitrary bytes around a certain location on the heap via a crafted HTTP/2 request, possibly causing remote code execution.

CVSS Base Scores

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