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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201307-01
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 Severity: High
    Title: HAProxy: Multiple vulnerabilities
     Date: July 11, 2013
     Bugs: #464340, #473674
       ID: 201307-01

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in HAProxy, allowing attackers
to execute arbitrary code or cause Denial of Service.

Background
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HAProxy is a free, very fast and reliable solution offering high
availability, load balancing, and proxying for TCP and HTTP-based
applications.

Affected packages
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     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
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  1  net-proxy/haproxy            < 1.4.24                  >= 1.4.24

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in HAProxy. Please review
the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
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A remote attacker could send a specially crafted request, possibly
resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the
application or a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All HAProxy users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-proxy/haproxy-1.4.24"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2013-1912
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-1912
[ 2 ] CVE-2013-2175
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-2175

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201307-01.xml

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2013 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5