Resource Exhaustion Affecting haproxy package, versions <0:2.4.17-3.el9_1.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (48th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-HAPROXY-5582275
  • published14 Jan 2023
  • disclosed21 Dec 2022

Introduced: 21 Dec 2022

CVE-2023-0056  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 haproxy to version 0:2.4.17-3.el9_1.2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:1696.

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:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

An uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability was discovered in HAProxy which could crash the service. This issue could allow an authenticated remote attacker to run a specially crafted malicious server in an OpenShift cluster. The biggest impact is to availability.

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