First published: Thu Jun 30 2016(Updated: )
HAproxy 1.6.x before 1.6.6, when a deny comes from a reqdeny rule, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uninitialized memory access and crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.
Credit: meissner@suse.de
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Ubuntu Linux | =16.04 | |
HAProxy | =1.6.0 | |
HAProxy | =1.6.1 | |
HAProxy | =1.6.2 | |
HAProxy | =1.6.3 | |
HAProxy | =1.6.4 | |
HAProxy | =1.6.5 |
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CVE-2016-5360 is classified as a denial of service vulnerability due to uninitialized memory access leading to application crashes.
To fix CVE-2016-5360, upgrade HAProxy to version 1.6.6 or later.
HAProxy versions 1.6.0 through 1.6.5 are affected by CVE-2016-5360.
Yes, CVE-2016-5360 allows remote attackers to exploit the vulnerability, resulting in denial of service.
The vulnerability occurs when a deny comes from a reqdeny rule in vulnerable versions of HAProxy.