Buffer overflow in haproxy (Alpine package)



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2016-5360
CWE-ID CWE-119
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 haproxy (Alpine package)
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Alpine Linux Development Team

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU32279

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-5360

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

HAproxy 1.6.x before 1.6.6, when a deny comes from a reqdeny rule, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uninitialized memory access and crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

haproxy (Alpine package): 1.6.5-r0

CPE2.3 External links

https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=912bdd0b4c54842e852cd9b95595e4a37d4ed4c7
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=b6179a9fb4d37ecfa4031c0fe9719485081e3522


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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