Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-202004-7
========================================
Severity: Critical
Date    : 2020-04-08
CVE-ID  : CVE-2020-11100
Package : haproxy
Type    : arbitrary code execution
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1124

Summary
======
The package haproxy before version 2.1.4-1 is vulnerable to arbitrary
code execution.

Resolution
=========
Upgrade to 2.1.4-1.

# pacman -Syu "haproxy>=2.1.4-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 2.1.4.

Workaround
=========
None.

Description
==========
An out-of-bounds memory write has been found in HAProxy before 2.1.4,
in the HPACK table management code.

Impact
=====
A remote attacker might be able to execute code via a crafted HTTP/2
request.

References
=========
https://git.haproxy.org/?p=haproxy-2.1.git;a=commitdiff;h=f17f86304f187b0f10ca6a8d46346afd9851a543;hp=dd6f0b1a74fb1241d276484f3c4aced513a95b78
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2020-11100

ArchLinux: 202004-7: haproxy: arbitrary code execution

April 10, 2020

Summary

An out-of-bounds memory write has been found in HAProxy before 2.1.4, in the HPACK table management code.

Resolution

Upgrade to 2.1.4-1. # pacman -Syu "haproxy>=2.1.4-1"
The problem has been fixed upstream in version 2.1.4.

References

https://git.haproxy.org/?p=haproxy-2.1.git;a=commitdiff;h=f17f86304f187b0f10ca6a8d46346afd9851a543;hp=dd6f0b1a74fb1241d276484f3c4aced513a95b78 https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2020-11100

Severity
Package : haproxy
Type : arbitrary code execution
Remote : Yes
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1124

Workaround

None.

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