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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3011-1
June 20, 2016

haproxy vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

– Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary:

HAProxy could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network
traffic.

Software Description:
– haproxy: fast and reliable load balancing reverse proxy

Details:

Falco Schmutz discovered that HAProxy incorrectly handled the reqdeny
filter. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause HAProxy to crash,
resulting in a denial of service.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
haproxy 1.6.3-1ubuntu0.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3011-1
CVE-2016-5360

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/haproxy/1.6.3-1ubuntu0.1

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