SB2018092124 - Fedora 29 update for haproxy 



SB2018092124 - Fedora 29 update for haproxy

Published: September 21, 2018 Updated: April 24, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2018092124
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Buffer over-read (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-14645)

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

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the HPACK decoder in hpack_valid_idx() function. A remote attacker can send a specially specially crafted HTTP/2 request, trigger out-of-bounds read error and perform a denial of service attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.