Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2668-1
7th July, 2015
haproxy vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 15.04
- Ubuntu 14.10
Summary
HAProxy could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.
Software description
- haproxy
– fast and reliable load balancing reverse proxy
Details
It was discovered that HAProxy incorrectly handled certain buffers. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive
information belonging to previous requests.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- Ubuntu 15.04:
-
haproxy
1.5.10-1ubuntu0.1
- Ubuntu 14.10:
-
haproxy
1.5.4-1ubuntu2.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.