[USN-3780-1] HAProxy vulnerability

[Leonidas S. Barbosa]

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3780-1
October 02, 2018

haproxy vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Summary:

HAProxy could be made to crash if it received a specially crafted
request.

Software Description:
- haproxy: fast and reliable load balancing reverse proxy

Details:

It was discovered that HAProxy incorrectly handled certain requests.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  haproxy                         1.8.8-1ubuntu0.2

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.

References:
  https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3780-1
  CVE-2018-14645

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/haproxy/1.8.8-1ubuntu0.2
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