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CentOS Linux: CVE-2020-11100: Critical: haproxy security update (CESA-2020:1288)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2020-11100: Critical: haproxy security update (CESA-2020:1288)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/02/2020
Created
04/04/2020
Added
04/03/2020
Modified
05/25/2023

Description

In hpack_dht_insert in hpack-tbl.c in the HPACK decoder in HAProxy 1.8 through 2.x before 2.1.4, a remote attacker can write arbitrary bytes around a certain location on the heap via a crafted HTTP/2 request, possibly causing remote code execution.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-haproxy
  • centos-upgrade-haproxy-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-haproxy-debugsource

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