HTTP Request Smuggling Affecting haproxy package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.35% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-HAPROXY-5356744
  • published1 Nov 2021
  • disclosed8 Sept 2021

Introduced: 8 Sep 2021

CVE-2021-40346  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-444  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 haproxy.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream haproxy package and not the haproxy package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

An integer overflow exists in HAProxy 2.0 through 2.5 in htx_add_header that can be exploited to perform an HTTP request smuggling attack, allowing an attacker to bypass all configured http-request HAProxy ACLs and possibly other ACLs.

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