Out-of-bounds Read Affecting haproxy18 package, versions <0:1.8.14-2.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.26% (66th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-HAPROXY18-5273590
  • published1 Nov 2021
  • disclosed20 Sept 2018

Introduced: 20 Sep 2018

CVE-2018-14645  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 haproxy18 to version 0:1.8.14-2.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2018:2709.

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.

A flaw was discovered in the HPACK decoder of HAProxy, before 1.8.14, that is used for HTTP/2. An out-of-bounds read access in hpack_valid_idx() resulted in a remote crash and denial of service.