USN-8972-2: HAProxy regression
USN-8972-1 fixed vulnerabilities in HAProxy. On Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, the update caused a regression when processing certain chunked requests. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: It was discovered that HAProxy incorrectly handled truncated HTTP/2 PING frames. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause HAProxy to consume excessive CPU resources, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2026-110353) It was discovered that HAProxy incorrectly handled certain HTTP/1.1 chunked requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause HAProxy to consume excessive CPU resources, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2026-110354)
Affected Software
Remediation
Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.
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ubuntu/haproxyto a version that resolves this vulnerability.Fixed in 2.4.30-0ubuntu0.22.04.4 - Upgrade
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HAProxyto a version that resolves this vulnerability.Patch USN-8972-1 - Upgrade
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HAProxyto a version that resolves this vulnerability.Patch USN-8972-2