Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting haproxy package, versions <1.8.15~git0.6b6a350a-3.6.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
6.59% (94th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-HAPROXY-2757330
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed10 Jan 2019

Introduced: 10 Jan 2019

CVE-2018-20103  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 haproxy to version 1.8.15~git0.6b6a350a-3.6.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream haproxy package and not the haproxy package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in dns.c in HAProxy through 1.8.14. In the case of a compressed pointer, a crafted packet can trigger infinite recursion by making the pointer point to itself, or create a long chain of valid pointers resulting in stack exhaustion.