====================================================================                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Moderate: haproxy security update
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2014:1292-01
Product:           Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1292.html
Issue date:        2014-09-24
CVE Names:         CVE-2014-6269 
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1. Summary:

An updated haproxy package that fixes one security issue is now available
for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security
impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the
References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64

3. Description:

HAProxy provides high availability, load balancing, and proxying for TCP
and HTTP-based applications.

A buffer overflow flaw was discovered in the way HAProxy handled, under
very specific conditions, data uploaded from a client. A remote attacker
could possibly use this flaw to crash HAProxy. (CVE-2014-6269)

All haproxy users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which
contains a backported patch to correct this issue.

4. Solution:

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

1136552 - CVE-2014-6269 haproxy: remote client denial of service vulnerability

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):

Source:
haproxy-1.5.2-3.el7_0.src.rpm

x86_64:
haproxy-1.5.2-3.el7_0.x86_64.rpm
haproxy-debuginfo-1.5.2-3.el7_0.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):

Source:
haproxy-1.5.2-3.el7_0.src.rpm

x86_64:
haproxy-1.5.2-3.el7_0.x86_64.rpm
haproxy-debuginfo-1.5.2-3.el7_0.x86_64.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security.  Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package

7. References:

https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2014-6269.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is .  More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

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