SB2016061508 - Fedora 24 update for haproxy
Published: June 15, 2016 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016061508
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-5360)
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.