SB2018121314 - Fedora 28 update for haproxy



SB2018121314 - Fedora 28 update for haproxy

Published: December 13, 2018 Updated: April 24, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2018121314
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.


1) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-20103)

CWE-ID: CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

CVSSv4: 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:Clear


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The vulnerability exists in the dns_read_name() function, as defined in the src/dns.c source code file due to an error when processing malicious input. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted packet that submits malicious input, make a compressed pointer point to itself trigger an infinite loop and cause the affected software to crash.


2) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-20102)

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper checking of valid DNS responses by the dns_validate_dns_response function, as defined in the dns.c source code file. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request that submits malicious input, trigger an out-of-bounds read access and obtain sensitive information.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.