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USN-5994-1: HAProxy vulnerability

3 April 2023

HAProxy could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.

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Releases

Packages

  • haproxy - fast and reliable load balancing reverse proxy

Details

It was discovered that HAProxy incorrectly initialized certain connection
buffers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain
sensitive information.

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Ubuntu Pro provides ten-year security coverage to 25,000+ packages in Main and Universe repositories, and it is free for up to five machines.

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 22.10
Ubuntu 22.04

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References